Joe McAlinden (@joemcalinden.bsky.social)

‘A nuclear reactor of music’: the story of Simple Minds’ classic album Empires and Dance Before their 80s megastardom, the band minted a strange vision of European culture and tension that still resonates. They – and superfan James Dean Bradfield from the Manic Street Preachers – reflect ... https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/27/a-nuclear-reactor-of-music-the-story-of-simple-minds-classic-album-empires-and-dance