“This will be, like, the ear-bleedingly loud rock show,” Hull says of the group’s Aug. Manchester Orchestra’s brand of emo-tinged rock, like that of sonic brethren like Brand New, with whom the group has toured in the past, chooses catharsis over escapism. Hull’s lyrics, which at times feel overwrought, also occasionally offer rich imagery coupled with a gut-punch of sentiment, like when he sings on “Top Notch,” the searing opening track, “We all believed in ghosts/ Until you walked into a wall.” While not quite as heavy-hitting as the band would perhaps like to believe-Hull has thrown around the word “brutal” in interviews to describe the album-it is a rough-and-tumble collection of loud, densely arranged rock songs, glazed in acrid adult frustrations.
Cope-released earlier this year via Concord subsidiary Loma Vista and the band’s own label, Favorite Gentlemen-is Manchester Orchestra’s contribution to the counter-electrosurgency. While it’s tough to entertain the idea of rock and roll as outsider art, Hull does have a point: Rock has diminished, at least in the mainstream. There’s still people coming to our shows who are really interested in … We’re one of those bands that’s always a little against the wave of what’s supremely popular at the time.” It’s just not what’s being focused or highlighted by the main press.
“There’s lots of bands playing really cool grunge and rock music. “I think there isn’t enough guitar music, so maybe we can be the band that rolls that ball down the hill,” says frontman Andy Hull. So when, after wrapping up the tour for their last album, Simple Math, Atlanta rock band Manchester Orchestra found itself without a label, its members decided to make the kind of album they wanted to hear. We’re in the midst of an EDM-crazed zeitgeist, where synthetic sounds dominate airwaves and record grooves.
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