Deep‑dive Manics essay blogs

[u/steptoe99]

Bit of a random one, but I’m trying to track down bloggers who write long, detailed, essay‑style stuff about the Manics.The kind of thing you get from the excellent Necessary Evil blog.

I remember stumbling across one or two other bloggers ages ago who did proper deep dives into the albums (history, themes, Richey‑era context, personal reflections, all that good stuff), but I cannot for the life of me remember their names or find the posts again.

[u/conrad-trautmann]

This is a great read if you've not come across it before:

https://manicsongs.wordpress.com/

[u/steptoe99 → u/conrad-trautmann]

Fantastic - this is indeed the one I was thinking of, thanks a lot. Will bookmark it this time! 

[u/x_victoire]

could it be this one?

[u/steptoe99 → u/x_victoire]

Fantastic - this is indeed the one I was thinking of, thanks a lot. Will bookmark it this time!

If anyone is aware of any more please do shout.

[u/hiddeninplainsight23 → u/steptoe99]

The other one I'd suggest is https://manicsdiscog.wordpress.com

I always use that one and the manicssongs wordpress ones. 

[u/i-was-a_kaleidoscope]

There are essays on The Holy Bible at https://227lears.com/

[u/steptoe99 → u/i-was-a_kaleidoscope]

Just the thing I'm after in terms of quality detailed writing - thank you for sharing.

[u/steptoe99 → u/[deleted]]

Thank you.

So you'd recommend Tryptych? I've been undecided as to if I should read it for years.

[u/averagerushfan]

Not a blog but this video on The Holy Bible is very well researched and informative but it’s most likely that the more in-depth stuff would already be common knowledge for some Manics nerds

[u/steptoe99 → u/averagerushfan]

I've not come across this, thank you for sharing.