Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God (April 30, 2021) Album • Page 174

Yeah this was a first impression takeaway for me as well.

 

@phaynes12

 

the harmonies in the bridge for “way back” are chef’s kiss

 

Andy Prince is an absolute beast of a bass player. Jonathan was great, but Andy has way more “umph” in his playing. If that makes sense.

 

it’s fine lol i’m not trying to get any more of yalls diapers filled, do what you want

 

out here alone on an island saying i vastly prefer the back half of this record compared to the first, fight me @jordalsh

 

A lot of people are saying that tho

 

i think that's a very crowded island

or at least we're both on it

 

Please don’t compare anything on here to COPE. I actually like this record

 

oh okay haha, haven’t read the track by track posts because they’re like 2k words long

 

Oh are we gonna start this argument?

 

honestly i feel like BMTTS and this could benefit from some of the heavier cope guitar sounds but i get why they’ve left that era behind.

 

after the internet auto play went right into margo and the nuclear so and sos which is a more apt comparison than anything said in this thread

thank you to the algorithm

 

cope rules

 

This is absolutely My Shit. I love how cinematic everything sounds. My first listen was last night while laying in bed with my eyes closed and I could visualize the scene for every song. In a lot of ways, this is the natural progression of their sound from Black Mile in the best way possible. Can't wait to play this 10,000 times and pick up on every little reference they've built into these songs.

 

as much as I do think the production on BMTTS and this is great there are a few moments where I want the guitars to explode in a way they never do

 

back half is my favorite half

dinosaur is on some king shit

 

I also really like Let It Storm. So yeah back half

 

running it back

 

guess ur just built different

 

Way Back is easily my favorite song on the record

 

100%

 

it’s okay, we are all just working towards being built like Clark Huge

 

Yeah, I think I was one of the only people who said they preferred the front half of this to the back, and only one person agreed... I still prefer the first half after a few more listens, but the songs on the second half are pretty great overall. I'm not let down by The Internet as a closer, but I think I wish Way Back had a little more going on. It's very pretty, and has a neat sound, but I think it's slightly too mellow for me if I'm really nit-picking, especially after some of the songs toward the beginning of the album.

 

Don’t.