🎙 You Love Us – Know Your Enemy (with Darren Leach)

This week we dive headfirst into one of the most divisive, ambitious, and misunderstood albums in the Manic Street Preachers’ catalogue: Know Your Enemy (2001). Joining me is Manics super fan Darren Leach, who brings passion, humour, and encyclopaedic knowledge to the debate.

We explore how the band set out to smash their own mythology and how the record split critics, fans, and even the Manics themselves. From its jagged punk blasts to its tender ballads, we dig into every contradiction, triumph, and glorious mess that makes Know Your Enemy such a fascinating chapter in Manics history.

Expect track-by-track insights, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and plenty of fan-fuelled debate on whether the album is a forgotten masterpiece or a bold misstep.

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In this episode Phil gives an instruction and Dan feels uneasy

In this episode of You Love Us, we ride into the world of resilience, rhythm and rebellion. Our guest is Bert Sheffield three-time Paralympian, three-time World Championships Para Equestrian, who opens up about how the Manic Street Preachers became a source of inspiration and motivation throughout her journey.

From the adrenaline of the arena to the defiance of Faster, we explore how the Manics’ music - fierce, literate, uncompromising - fuelled her competitive fire and shaped her outlook on life.

This is about more than medals. It’s about how music can be the engine that drives you forward, even when the world says you can’t.

You can find Bert at www.hearthorsedressage.com

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