Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface (July 28, 2017) Album • Page 193

After the first few listens, I was really let down with the album as it was doing nothing for me. It took a nice drive home at night to make it click with me. But even then it's my least favorite MO record at the moment. So I'm waiting till the fall for it to really kick in for me cause I assume it'll be perfect in that weather.

 

Anyone else ever get into a euphoric trance when listening to music where they have to play it literally as loud as possible and just get completely lost in the music to the point where it almost feels like it transforms you? That just happened to me with the silence.

I just lost my grandfather on Monday morning and all of the lyrics about your life being a reflection and ancestry and whatnot all hit way too hard..(p.s not looking for sympathy or whatever just thought I would share how hard it hit me)

 

i voted for the silence and i don't feel bad about it

 

Yikes.

 

the last 2 min of the silence are jjust so perfect. i could listen forever

 

How do you sleep at night?

 

Voted Grocery. Don't quote me!!!!!

 

self medicating works wonders. got a full 9 hrs last night

 

are you team silence?

 

Team Mayzie.

 

Cope charted at 13 on the top 200, so to debut at 33 must be a bit disappointing to them. I don't think Billboard counted streaming back in 2014, so that must be hurting them since they were still 7th in album sales.

 

I think a lot of their fans buy their records, not necessarily a bad thing. number 2 in vinyl sales is great

 

Of course, I just never realized how much the inclusion of streaming would hurt a band like this, when it comes to charting.

 

yea considering 1,500 streams equals an album sale fans buying the record actually should help them. its tough though I suppose, we are in a weird musical world.

 

Get outta here, Grocery.

 

It's a slaughter...I can't watch

 

i have a good feeling for the silence coming out on top

 

If you voted for the Maze you're basically saying that you hate children.

 

How Manchester Orchestra became a truly great indie rock band

was this one posted?

big take away "there's nothing that I've got when I die that I keep" was the original album title, glad they changed that one ha

 

Didn't these guys give them a glowing review, and then 3 out of 5 stars? "Great job guys! You made an incredible album! You get a D-."

 

glad they went with the title they did

 

yea I have no idea how these reviews score things, thats why I like that this site got rid of number ratings. People used to obsess way too much over an album that got a 9.0 or an 8.8

 

Hmm. Its fun to think about what other lyrics could have been the album title.

Wasn't Simple Math almost Let Go Of Your Sorrowful Groaning?

 

You Believe It, Or You Don't would've been a cool record title

 

Interview: Andy Hull Of Manchester Orchestra | Killyourstereo.com

this is interesting too, some cool stuff.