Realizing that Manchester Orchestra needed a rebirth, the group returned with A Black Mile to the Surface , a record that explores the humanistic journey from beginning to end. It maintains the excitement and intensity of their past work without depending on colossal waveforms. The Million Masks of God , their latest effort, continues that trajectory. It slowly yields to a grandiose second half that seems destined for festival grounds.
Other songs can get lost in their attempts at profound metaphors, which sometimes feel like non-sequiturs instead of revelations. There are a small handful of recycled ideas from A Black Mile , as well. This is what Manchester Orchestra sounds like now. Hull and McDowell also discover new ways to use previous concepts.
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April 28, The track opens in a flutter before releasing into a full thrill of sound. Immediately, you assume this song is about birth; however, upon further inspection the song is masked in death percussion and may in fact reveal the more cyclical nature of life. In Track 2, our hero departs Death, finds a new Life, and explores the weight it carries. The song has a New Order down beat and groovy Beach Boy vocals. You can feel the song building anticipation in your chest as you storm around in a field playing helicopter.
Eventually the storm divides and joy wins over. The song exudes angst that lends itself towards innocence vs.
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