Manic Street Preachers share previously unheard song ‘Studies in Paralysis’

Manic Street Preachers have shared a previously unheard song called ‘Studies in Paralysis’ as they prepare to release their entirely remixed and reconstructed reissue of Know Your Enemy.

‘Studies in Paralysis’ was recorded at Miloco Studios in London but was left off the original 2001 release of the band’s fifth album. According to a press release, bassist and secondary vocalist Nicky Wire incorrectly remembered the track being released as a B-side to one of the album’s four singles.

It features on the forthcoming Know Your Enemy reissue, which drops on 9 September via Sony. ‘Studies in Paralysis’ follows another previously “lost” track, ‘Rosebud’, which was shared last month and was accompanied by a Kieran Evans-directed film.

Today (26 August), a new music video also helmed by Evans had landed using old session footage.

Evans explained how the collaboration with the Manic Street Peachers came about.

“It started with an email from Wire (it always does)! Would I be up for working on visualising two unheard tracks from the Know Your Enemy sessions that were to feature in the beautifully expanded and reworked re-issue of the album? Of course I would! Both ‘Rosebud’ and ‘Studies in Paralysis’ landed an hour later and were stunning and took my breath away. Fuck me…They left these off the original album…what were they thinking??!!” he said.

“An hour later, another email landed from Wire (‘I’ll send some DV footage of the Miloco sessions up to you’). But this footage was very different from previous recording sessions he’d filmed. There was a seriousness to everyone’s behaviour and recording performances. There was no frivolity or funny off camera moments. The atmosphere felt intense, you could feel the pressure they were under.”

Evans continued: “Cutting this footage to ‘Studies in Paralysis’ was a task. I went through many iterations and edits to get the right feel to reflect what is a truly glorious song. Thankfully… I think we definitely got there in the end.”

The Know Your Enemy reissue will be available as two separate albums as originally planned: Solidarity and Door to the River. It’s packaged as a 3 CD bookset, double CD and double album.

You can pre-order the release here – see formats and tracklists below.

2 x 12″ vinyl:

Disc 1 – Door to the River

(Side 1)

1. ‘The Year of Purification’
2. ‘Ocean Spray’
3. ‘So Why So Sad’ (Avalanches Sean Penn Mix)
4. ‘Door to the River’
5. ‘Rosebud’
   
   (Side 2)
6. ‘Just a Kid’
7. ‘His Last Painting’
8. ‘Let Robeson Sing’
9. ‘Groundhog Days’
10. ‘Epicentre’

Disc 2 – Solidarity

(Side 1)

1. ‘Intravenous Agnostic’
2. ‘Found That Soul’ (TLA Mix)
3. ‘We Are All Bourgeois Now’
4. ‘Freedom of Speech Won’t Feed My Children’
5. ‘The Convalescent’
6. ‘Baby Elian’
   
   (Side 2)
7. ‘Masses Against The Classes’
8. ‘My Guernica’
9. ‘Studies in Paralysis’
10. ‘Dead Martyrs’
11. ‘Wattsville Blues’
12. ‘Miss Europa Disco Dancer’

Deluxe 3 CD version:

Disc 1 – Door to the River

1. ‘The Year of Purification’
2. ‘Ocean Spray’
3. ‘So Why So Sad’ (Avalanches Sean Penn Mix)
4. ‘Door to the River’
5. ‘Rosebud’
6. ‘Just a Kid’
7. ‘His Last Painting’
8. ‘Let Robeson Sing’
9. ‘Groundhog Days’
10. ‘Epicentre’
11. ‘His Last Painting’ (LA Mix)
12. ‘Epicentre’ (TLA Mix)
13. ‘So Why So Sad’ (Original KYE Version)
14. ‘Royal Correspondent’

Disc 2 – Solidarity

1. ‘Intravenous Agnostic’
2. ‘Found That Soul’ (TLA Mix)
3. ‘We Are All Bourgeois Now’
4. ‘Freedom of Speech Won’t Feed My Children’
5. ‘The Convalescent’
6. ‘Baby Elian’
7. ‘Masses Against The Classes’
8. ‘My Guernica’
9. ‘Studies in Paralysis’
10. ‘Dead Martyrs’
11. ‘Wattsville Blues’
12. ‘Miss Europa Disco Dancer’
13. ‘Fear of Motion’
14. ‘Pedestal’
15. ‘Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel’
16. ‘Locust Valley’
17. ‘Masking Tape’
18. ‘Ballad of the Bangkok Novotel’

Disc 3 – Demos

1. ‘Ocean Spray’ (Studio Demo)
2. ‘So Why So Sad’ (Cassette Demo)
3. ‘Door To The River’ (Cassette Demo)
4. ‘His Last Painting’ (Air Version Home Cassette Demo)
5. ‘Let Robeson Sing’ (Home Cassette Demo)
6. ‘Groundhog Days’ (Home Cassette Demo)
7. ‘Epicentre’ (Cassette Demo)
8. ‘Intravenous Agnostic’ (Home Cassette Demo)
9. ‘Freedom of Speech Won’t Feed My Children’ (Studio Demo)
10. ‘The Convalescent’ (Studio Rehearsal Demo)
11. ‘His Last Painting Baby Elian’ (Studio Demo)
12. ‘Masses Against The Classes’ (Studio Demo)
13. ‘My Guernica No 1’ (Home Acoustic Demo)
14. ‘My Guernica’ (Studio Demo)
15. ‘Dead Martyrs’ (Home Cassette Demo)
16. ‘Wattsville Blues’ (Home Cassette Demo)

2 CD version:

Disc 1 – Door to the River

1. ‘The Year of Purification’
2. ‘Ocean Spray’
3. ‘So Why So Sad’ (Avalanches Sean Penn Mix)
4. ‘Door to the River’
5. ‘Rosebud’
6. ‘Just a Kid’
7. ‘His Last Painting’
8. ‘Let Robeson Sing’
9. ‘Groundhog Days’
10. ‘Epicentre’
11. ‘His Last Painting’ (LA Mix)
12. ‘Epicentre’ (TLA Mix)
13. ‘So Why So Sad’ (Original KYE Version)
14. ‘Royal Correspondent’

Disc 2 – Solidarity

1. ‘Intravenous Agnostic’
2. ‘Found That Soul’ (TLA Mix)
3. ‘We Are All Bourgeois’ Now
4. ‘Freedom of Speech Won’t Feed My Children’
5. ‘The Convalescent’
6. ‘Baby Elian’
7. ‘Masses Against The Classes’
8. ‘My Guernica’
9. ‘Studies in Paralysis’
10. ‘Dead Martyrs’
11. ‘Wattsville Blues’
12. ‘Miss Europa Disco Dancer’
13. ‘Fear of Motion’
14. ‘Pedestal’
15. ‘Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel’
16. ‘Locust Valley’
17. ‘Masking Tape”
18. ‘Ballad of the Bangkok Novotel’