It’s fortunate for the Manics that the release date of their comeback single should fall in a week where the Tracks column is being written by the one member of the Time Out music team who, rather than loathing their every fibre, spent a significant proportion of his teenage years diligently memorising their lyrics and copying their make-up ‘ideas’. Fortunate for you too, because now rather than lots of half-arsed moaning you get the (only slightly exaggerated) truth: which is that it’s brilliant and the best thing they’ve done for years.