Life Becoming a Landslide EP

Infobox Single
Name = Life Becoming a Landslide EP


Artist = Manic Street Preachers
from Album = Gold Against the Soul
Released = February 7, 1994
Format = CD, Vinyl record (12"), cassette
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length =
Label = Epic
Producer =
Chart position =

• #36 (UK)

Reviews =
Last single = "Roses in the Hospital" (1993)
This single = "Life Becoming a Landslide EP" (1994)
Next single = "Faster/P.C.P." (1994)

"Life Becoming a Landslide" is a song by Manic Street Preachers, and was the last release taken from their second album "Gold Against The Soul". It remains an important insight into the mindset of the band's lyricist/guitarist Richey Edwards, and a poignant exploration of the metamorphosis of child and adult roles. Certain lines in the song, such as "My idea of love comes from a childhood glimpse of pornography," exemplify this. It could also be seen as a precursor to the fully orchestrated, epic sound the band would adopt after Edwards' disappearance, ironically precluded by the aggressive guitar sound of the seminal "The Holy Bible" album. The EP is noted for its b-side "Comfort Comes": the first Manics track to explore the raw, claustrophobic, cold yet impassioned aesthetic which would be illustrated on "The Holy Bible". The release reached #36 in the UK charts in February 1994.

Track listing

CD

#"Life Becoming A Landslide"
#"Comfort Comes"
#"Are Mothers Saints?"
#"Charles Windsor" (McCarthy cover)

12"

#"Life Becoming A Landslide"
#"Comfort Comes"
#"Are Mothers Saints?"

MC

#"Life Becoming A Landslide"
#"Comfort Comes"