Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God (April 30, 2021) Album • Page 308

I like this song but not a gamechanger or anything. I think they set the bar too high with Bed Head and The Gold, now I just unconsciously compare every first single to them and that's not fair but it is what it is

 

song is aggressively OK, like most of MMOG, so makes sense it came from the same sessions

 

fwiw press release I got for the single has no indication of anything else to come

 

Sad reacts only

 

or they may be keeping shit close to their chest with a teaser single this time

 

This would've been right at home on Million Masks. Love this.

 

I mean, it's pretty safe to say there are several tracks coming since no rule was one of many track titles on the MMOG vinyl, no? Isn't the only real question whether it's a deluxe album or a partner album?

 

They’ve stated why I Know How To Speak and No Rule were left off the albums. They weren’t finished yet and felt they needed more time. Obviously both would have fit wonderfully on their respective records and been top songs on both.

 

Beauty thing is you can add them to an digital playlist.

 

I’d love for them to do a 7 inch with an acoustic version like they did for IKHTS

 

This song is fine. Probably won't go back to it much, just as I never go back to Know How to Speak.

If it's not on an album, I rarely, if ever, go back to one-offs for most artists.

 

This is definitely not a lead-off single. You can tell by the lyrics and theme that this is a B-side to MMOG. I like the song but don't know where on the album this would have fit as it has a different vibe, so I get why it was left off. Still cool song though, Ill never complain about new MO songs, even if only a b-side.

 

too bad. some of Andy's best stuff is the one-offs or side releases

 

Me just replacing The Parts and Let It Storm with IKHTS and No Rule.

 

This song is very good. I like it more than 3 or 4 songs on the back half of MMoG.

 

MMOG didn't really do a whole lot for me. I think I need to revisit it.

 

MMOG took a bit to grow, but after seeing them live Angel of Death, Keel Timing, and Bed Head are very high up there for me now. With AoD being up there with IKHTS for favorite song. As well as the live version of Dinosaur. The Internet just feels like a less good version of The Silence (which…still good!) Way back and Annie kind of get lost in the shuffle. Obstacle probably the most underrated of them all.

 

I still stand by it being a very odd choice to have both keel timing and bed head on MMOG, especially subsequently. They sound too similar. Bed Head is far superior. Even though Keel Timing rips live, it's a predictable 10 minutes knowing that bed head is coming right after at a concert.

 

I personally disagree. Keel has lots of starts and stops and ups and downs whereas Bed Head just keeps on chugging along the entire song.

 

Bed Head bridge is one of the best.

 

I absolutely love the 1-2 punch of Keel into Bed. Personally I think the run from Angel-Telepath might be my favorite stretch of songs they’ve ever done.

 

MMoG needed more songs like Bed Head and Keel Timing, not less.

 

the last 6 seconds of this track hints at a blend into another no?

 

I think I usually just gravitate towards whatever their most recent album is.