"Distant Colours" is the second single taken from the Manic Street Preachers' thirteenth album Resistance Is Futile (2018).

[2] The lyrics were written by vocalist James Dean Bradfield, rather than Nicky Wire, and inspired by disenchantment and Nye Bevan's old Labour.

James said that "Musically, the verse is downcast and melancholic and the chorus is an explosion of disillusionment and tears."

The video itself was by their long-standing visual collaborator Kieran Evans and stars actor Sarah Sayuri.

It's the classic case of Tony Benn being the ultimate icon of socialism, and he never wanted to be in the European Union!