The Manic Street Preachers are ready to return with a new single, video and album this fall in the U.K. The record, "This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours," is set to drop September 14. The first single, "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next," should be out August 24. The band recently shot a video for the song in London with director Wiz, who also worked on the band's previous singles, "Everything Must Go" and "You Love Us.

Bassist Nicky Wire told Britain's "New Musical Express" that he wrote the song about the Spanish Civil War and that it pays homage to the Clash's "Spanish Bombs." Wire says on the band's official website that it's also about standing up to evil, a common MSP theme. Prone to topical lyrics, the band's new effort is following that same route with other titles like the "South Yorkshire Mass Murderer" and themes like England's Hillsborough soccer tragedy.

This will be the fifth album for the Manic Street Preachers, but only the second without their

long-missing guitarist/lyricist Richey James Edwards. Following Edwards' still-unexplained disappearance in February of 1995, Wire drummer/trumpeter Sean Moore and guitarist James Dean Bradfield eventually continued as a trio.

The group bounced back with the album "Everything Must Go" in 1996. They walked off with the Best British Album and Best British Group Award at the national Brit Awards in 1977.

The band's British label, Epic, has told "NME" that "absolutely and without a doubt," the record will be the label's most important release this year. However, it doesn't appear that the States will be in for the same treat, at least not anytime soon. A spokesperson for Epic in the U.S. says there's no scheduled release date or promotional plan at this time for North America.