Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God (April 30, 2021) Album • Page 361

everyone laugh at p haynes for blocking me

 

oh. I don't like them that much lol

 

sorry! i was actually busy at work for once and also trying to secure tickets to this thing lol. but yeah, what once said.

 

what if i told you that you could fly out on @shea’s dime

 

once.

 

that’s all the opportunity he needs

 

So jealous of anyone able to go! I would honestly love to geek out to half finished material

 

All this is telling me is we are still a LONG way away from an album.

 

1 year

 

not sure rock music is any better suited to focus grouping than movies are but go for it I guess

 

tbf they didn’t explicitly say they’re looking for input from the audience but could simply be looking to see how people react

 

I cannot imagine how cringeworthy it will be when some neck beard legitimately tries to critique a song after hearing it once live.

 

In ther post they mention that they view it similarity to how stand up comedians work out their material on the road prior to putting out a special. I feel like that context makes some sense

 

Without hearing their actual intentions, if all they mean is to subjectively gauge an audience's reaction to a bunch of new material in a live context, that seems like a cool idea. A lot of bands talk about how new songs always develop more once they start playing them live, which in generally after they have a chance to change the recorded version.

 

yeah figure i’ll post it here for people who are curious

 

As much as I would love to hear the new stuff - I kind of hope they use one of those companies who put your phone in a bag and give it back at the end of the show. I love the vulnerability and risk they are taking but I wouldn't want to see an entire set be released on youtube and have all of those people chime in.

 

I'd like to imagine a record is close to being done and they're gauging what goes over best with the crowd to decide track listing.

 

I’ve never written a song that hasn’t changed after playing it live, so this makes total sense & is a really cool thing for them to do.

I think it’s also pretty obvious (if what they’re saying is 100% true) that this record is quite a ways off.

 

We need to get a chorus.fm only show for all our production experts. I think it’d be super helpful for the band. Just think of all that fucking thanks!

 

They actually are doing this, they sent out an email shortly after I got my tickets saying they’re using that Yondr thing.
Prob a good move. I would be way too tempted to record the whole thing otherwise lol

 

This is a really cool idea. I think in the advent of mobile phone recording a lot of artists feel apprehensive to 'road test' new stuff but I think it's important because you know which elements work and which don't work.

 

This comment is great but the mixing is terrible imo

 

I think that comment would benefit from better production.

 

This is so cool. Love these dudes.

My guess is late March or early April. I'll gladly wait!

 

That’s only like two weeks away! Pumped.