Send Away the Tigers the book "Monika Monster Future First Woman on Mars" by Valerie Phillips. The models are a Polish-American college student called Monika Monster and her cousin Kate. In September 2008 the band embedded three songs on their website, named "Donkeys (Acoustic)", "Untitled Instrumental" and "Motown Junk (The Johnny Boy Anniversary Mix)". They were replaced by songs from their next album in April 2009. The song "Underdogs" was made available as a free download and limited edition one sided 7" single on 19 March 2007 as a 'thank you' to the fans who have supported the Manics over the years. The song
Send Away the Tigers return to the hard-edged, more guitar-driven sound of their earlier releases, being described as a hard rock album by AllMusic and Sputnikmusic, as well as glam rock by "Uncut" and "Reno Gazette-Journal". The band itself has described it as a mixture of "Generation Terrorists" and "Everything Must Go". The album was mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, whose brother Tom provided the US mix of "The Holy Bible". The album sleeve features a quotation from Wyndham Lewis (there misspelled as "Wyndam Lewis"): "When a man is young, he is usually a revolutionary of some kind. So here I am, speaking of my