Even in Exile

Rock · 2020 · 11 tracks · 48m

Even in Exile

James Dean Bradfield

A cinematic rock biography of Victor Jara. Soaring vocals and muscular guitars meet delicate South American folk textures in a defiant, orchestral tribute.

It's a rock opera about a Chilean revolutionary, but with the massive guitar hooks you'd expect from the Manics' frontman.

A soaring, cinematic tribute that balances the tragedy of political martyrdom with the triumph of artistic legacy.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks · 48m

01

Recuerda

3:54

02

The Boy From the Plantation

3:54

03

There’ll Come a War

4:38

04

Seeking the Room With the Three Windows

4:05

05

Thirty Thousand Milk Bottles

4:35

06

Under the Mimosa Tree

4:35

07

From the Hands of Violeta

5:27

08

Without Knowing the End (Joan’s Song)

3:12

09

La partida

4:05

10

The Last Song

5:16

11

Santiago Sunrise

4:45

Moments Worth Waiting For

The transition from delicate nylon-string picking to a massive, multi-tracked guitar swell in the opening track

The haunting, stripped-back piano and vocal vulnerability on Joan's Song

The way the percussion mimics a heartbeat during the more tense, politically charged mid-album sequences

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