Manchester Orchestra has released a new “Echo Mountain Rooftop Session” version of “Bed Head.”
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Manchester Orchestra performed “Bed Head” on CBS This Morning.
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Manchester Orchestra performed “Bed Head” on Colbert.
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Review: Manchester Orchestra – The Million Masks of God
If you had only heard the initial two singles from The Million Masks of God – “Bed Head” and “Keel Timing,” the sixth album from Manchester Orchestra, you could argue that the Atlanta group has learned how to groove. I’m not talking about groove-metal, Pantera style, although their take on “Walk” would be sick. They have always had that heavy edge, after all. Their songs have always been catchy; look at the youthful energy of “Wolves at Night,” the brilliant key change on “I’ve Got Friends,” the blues-inspired “April Fool,” or the undeniable “Choose You.” The list could go on and on. On their fifth album, A Black Mile to the Surface, the band combined their talent for unforgettable melody with ambitious, sprawling storytelling. In that sense alone, The Million Masks of God is the natural successor, a sister album to their 2017 instant classic.
The Million Masks of God is co-produced by vocalist Andy Hull and lead guitarist Robert McDowell, alongside Black Mile producer Catherine Marks (The Killers, Alanis Morissette) and newcomer Ethan Gruska (Phoebe Bridgers, Fiona Apple). With these two powerhouses on board, Manchester Orchestra turns the concept album dial up to 11. While the theme was abstract at the beginning of writing, it became far more straightforward following the loss of McDowell’s father to cancer. “If Black Mile was this idea of ‘from birth to death,’ this album would really be more about ‘from birth to beyond, focusing on the highs and lows of life and exploring what could possibly come next,’” Hull explained. The question here is, how well do they tell the story? Does the music itself match the quality of the concept? To me, it’s complicated.
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Manchester Orchestra have covered Neil Young’s “Unknown Legend.”
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Manchester Orchestra have shared a video for their new song “Telepath.”
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I’ll never forget being in the office at Columbia, and playing them the record, and the radio team just having these blank stares on their faces. They had no idea what to do. I was like, “I have a pretty good idea: I think this song ‘Pensacola’ is really catchy.” And, they were like, “No, no, no, it can’t be that, there’s no real chorus to it. We should do ‘Simple Math’ and then also the next week release ‘April Fool,’ so that nobody knows what the single is.”
Acoustic Manchester Orchestra Show Announced
Manchester Orchestra will be performing an acoustic show on May 12th at the Dr. Phillips Center. Tickets are now on sale.
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Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra is on the latest episode of the Kesha and the Creepies podcast.
Manchester Orchestra – “Keel Timing”
Manchester Orchestra has shared the new song “Keel Timing.”
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Manchester Orchestra are on the latest episode of the Kyle Meredith With… podcast.
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Manchester Orchestra will release their new album, The Million Masks of God, on April 30th. Today they’ve shared the new song “Bedhead” and pre-orders are now up.
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There’s that beep. There’s that panning over Asheville, North Carolina. The Manchester Orchestra logo. It’s all so familiar – we’ve seen the trailer for this film. We are subsequently cast to Echo Mountain Recording Studios, NC, where the band recorded their greatest album to date, A Black Mile to the Surface. We’re not here for an anniversary show, nor are we here upon release of the album. No, it’s been four years since Andy Hull (vocals, guitar, producer, all-around legend), Robert McDowell (guitar, keyboards, vocals, producer, engineer, all-around legend), Andy Prince (bass, another all-around legend) and Tim Very (drums, legend) released their fifth album into the world.
We are here – over 6.5 thousand people watching this live stream at 8 pm EST/12 pm AEST – watching an exceedingly special performance of Black Mile played in its entirety right from our living rooms. In a statement, Hull shared that the band was excited to share this concert, for free, to everybody: “This album and your reception to it has exceeded our expectations, and we felt this the best way to thank you all for supporting our music.” This presentation invited speculation: after all, Andy did say that this would be more than a concert. It’s also the beginning. Of what, exactly?
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After Manchester Orchestra debuted their A Black Mile to the Surface concert film last night, they began to tease a new album, The Million Masks of God, with a new teaser for the upcoming single “Bed Head.”
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