Manchester Orchestra
Manchester Orchestra is an American indie rock band which formed in Atlanta, Geo… Read Full Bio ↴Manchester Orchestra is an American indie rock band which formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2004. The group is currently composed of rhythm guitarist, singer/songwriter Andy Hull, lead guitarist Robert McDowell, keyboardist and percussionist Chris Freeman, bassist Jonathan Corley and drummer Tim Very. Former drummer Jeremiah Edmond parted ways with the band in January 2010 to focus on his family as well as running the band's record label, Favorite Gentlemen.

Manchester Orchestra has released several extended plays and six studio albums: I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child (2006), Mean Everything to Nothing (2009), Simple Math (2011), Cope (2014) (as well as its accompanying acoustic version, Hope), A Black Mile To The Surface (2017), and The Million Masks of God (2021). They are signed to independent record label Favorite Gentlemen Recordings, which is distributed through Sony Music Entertainment, and Loma Vista Recordings.

Manchester Orchestra originated in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. They are named after the English city Manchester, a place rich in musical history (The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Joy Division, Oasis, New Order, Happy Mondays). Feeling increasingly alienated at his "small-town-Georgia, Christian high school", Hull became so frustrated that he spent his senior year studying at home. Early in their career, the band recorded an album entitled Nobody Sings Anymore. However, it was never released due to the shift in the band's musical direction and personal changes undergone following its recording. The band stated that "the band that made the record was different to the band now." Some of the tracks written for the album were released instead on the EP You Brainstorm, I Brainstorm, but Brilliance Needs a Good Editor.

Following You Brainstorm, I Brainstorm, but Brilliance Needs a Good Editor, Manchester Orchestra recorded and released their debut album I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child. This album gained the attention of the music industry, and eventually led to their signing with Canvasback. The album was released nationwide July 27, 2007. Guitarist Robert McDowell did not appear on this album. The song Wolves At Night was featured in the video game NHL 08.

In October of 2008 the band recorded their second EP, Let My Pride Be What's Left Behind, with producer Dan Hannon and engineer Brad Fisher. It was released October 7, 2008.

In early September 2008, the band announced on their Myspace blog that they had begun recording their second album entitled Mean Everything to Nothing with producer Joe Chicarrelli (The Shins, My Morning Jacket). On February 4, 2009, the band posted a link to a free download of the single I've Got Friends and performed an acoustic version at The Fly’s In The Courtyard Sessions. The album was released April 21, 2009.

On January 26, 2010, the band released a digital split EP with Kevin Devine entitled I Could Be The Only One. Following the release of the Manchester Orchestra/Kevin Devine split EP, it was announced that Kevin Devine would record a full-length album along with the members of Manchester Orchestra later that year, with half the album written by Devine and half by Andy Hull. On April 10, 2010, it was announced the new project's name was Bad Books, and that the album would be released under that moniker, and not "Manchester Orchestra + Kevin Devine" as previously speculated. The self-titled full-length Bad Books album was digitally released on October 19, 2010, and on CD on November 9, 2010.

On March 2010, in an interview with the Dallas Observer, Hull mentioned that the band had begun work on a follow up to 2009's Mean Everything to Nothing tentatively entitled Let Go of Your Sorrowful Groaning. He also said that the band have around 34 songs they are demoing and that in writing this album he was imagining a "spiritual miscarriage". Later that year in an interview with Rip It Up magazine, the band announced that they were in the middle of recording their third full-length album. Although without a title, they explained that the album was completely different to anything they had released in the past. The album was being recorded with Dan Hannon and balanced between Blackbird Studios (Nashville, TN) and their own Favorite Gentlemen Studios (Atlanta, GA).

On October 23, 2010, during an appearance at Radio 104.5 in Philadelphia, following a Bad Books show in support of their recently released self-titled debut album, Manchester Orchestra debuted an acoustic version of the title track of their new album, Simple Math. Originally scheduled for release in March 2011, the band announced in January of 2011 that their third full-length studio album, Simple Math, would be released on May 10, 2011, as well as announcing the album's tracklist and revealing that the album was set to be a concept album.

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Manchester Orchestra Lyrics


100 Dollars Several women's magazines Stacked up on top of a picture of…
5. Pale Black Eye Father, I plead in waves so I don't need you…
Alice And Interiors I swear I tried again You’re never visible on the weekdays W…
All That I Really Wanted I've been left out a while I sold the family plot…
Angel Of Death Driving with the angel of death I pass by your old…
Anne Louise This leather's called a seatbelt Anne Louise You headed out…
Annie I thought this time I might just walk away from…
Apprehension Finding out that you had lost the little one inside…
April Fool I was born an April fool Full of gold to a…
Badges & Badges Don't make a badge and wear it too So mark my…
Bed Head Arguing with the dead I'm not alone but it sure feels…
Choose You The intention of your trip Was to intention all your act I…
Colly Strings Take a leaf of paper and draw your mind Your bourbon…


Cope I want to watch it all fall until it's dark, You…
Deer Half a year and here you are again. I'd go out…
Dinosaur Fall asleep, start drifting over Stunned police, wildly enli…
Do You Really Like Being Alone So I'll dig a hole in my room From Birmingham and…
Don't Let Them See You Cry Don't let them see you cry When the dam breaks down And…
Don't Let Them See Your Cry Don't let them see you cry When the dam breaks down And…
Dont Let Them See You Cry Don't let them see you cry When the dam breaks down And…
Every Stone You might just have missed the mark If you're keeping everyo…
Everything To Nothing Definitely not the things that I'm seeing Did I think I'd…
Girl Harbor 'Cause you always talk so loud, And you never notice, I don'…
Girl With Broken Wings On the porch, she will sit, light another cigarette, and t…
Golden Ticket Please take care of yourself was the last thing I…
Goodbye to the Liars we strolled the streets a seven scene and found ourselves…
I I could feel a hot one taking me down For a…
I Am A Book In the night I'm disappointed with your choice As I'm right…
I Can Barely Breathe When the dark flood came We wrapped ourselves inside a dirty…
I Can Feel a Hot One I could feel a hot one taking me down For a…
I Can Feel Your Pain Well, I watched your black tied family Rise up from graves…
I Could Be With Anyone One, two, three, four, one I could be with anyone Just w…
I Know How To Speak I know how to speak And I know where I′m going I…
I Was A Lid i was a lid on a house we barely speak…
I'd Rather Have In a car on the driveway the conversation's colors paint…
I've Got Friends Dirty on the ground is what I need I got another…
In My Teeth I felt a black man in my teeth, what a…
Inaudible You're inaudible Thrown away like an audible Wheel you down …
Indentions God is all of the time Red box, wood baptist sign…
It When I got out of my car I stopped myself and…
It's Ok With Me I am a man that does not have a way. Millions…
I’ve Got Friends Dirt in the ground is what I need I got another…
Jimmy He Whispers God knows you're on my mind I can't tell him otherwise God…
Keel Timing Thunder inside my head, it's rolling Thunder inside my head,…
La-Di-Da Her heart beats fast, out of sheer pain inside, her face i…
Lead SD There are parts of me just stuck inside the grocery In…
Leaky Breaks Leaky holes and fire escapes will set the evening for…
Leave It Alone Leave it alone We finished this up like an hour ago So…
Let It Storm (You like the echo in here?) Waiting in your line You've go…
Marked Unknown He didn't hit the breaks before he glanced upon the…
Mighty Feet slipping on the porch to my house Iced easy you…
My Backwards Walk I'm working on my backwards walk Walking with no shoes or…
My Friend Marcus My friend Marcus, he sleeps in my basement And his father…
Never Ending When we met eye to eye With my dangerous denial I began…
Never Really Been Another Way Out When you both die you'll both die alone And there's a…
Now That You Sweet Jesus I swear that I love you No matter what…
Obstacle Waiting on my obstacle Am I the last to bother? Hip bruised…
One Hundred Dollars Several Woman's magazines Stacked up on top of a picture of…
Pale Black Eye Father, I plead in waves so I don't need you…
Pensacola Now I have a nagging flaw I never saw it…
Play It Again Sam! You Don't Have Any Feathers You lift your skinny fists up in the sky Packed a…
Please Don't Go On the outside of your window I lie And make all…
Pride Finally I felt the calming breeze Stepping out to watch the…
See It Again When I got out of my car I stopped myself and…
Shake It Out Shake it out, shake it out God, I need another round,…
Simple Math Hunter eyes I'm lost and hardly noticed, slight goodbye I wa…
Sleeper 1972 When my dad died The worms ate out both his eyes His…
Slow To Learn She's in the corner dealing the cards She looks around a…
Telepath In my mind, you are an old empty apartment Sitting on…
The Alien The lights were low enough, you guessed You swapped your con…
The Gold Couldn't really love you anymore You've become my ceiling I …
The Grocery "I don't know where I'm going but I'm going anyways" So…
The Internet Wake me up I am inside of it You were in spite…
The Mansion Oh mom, my heart is so black You find it insane…
The Maze I notice you when you're noticing me Breaking the habit, you…
The Mistake I don't want to die alone Tell me there's another option…
The Moth I want it all, I want it free But nobody's responding The…
The Neighborhood Is Bleeding I heard the neighborhood was bleeding Pressed shirts and rai…
The Ocean That boat When I float, it's the last in its class I'm…
The Only One I am the only one that thinks I'm going crazy And…
The Parts Turn off the alarm Wonder where you are I'd be a page…
the Procession The Procession went smoothly The lights low and dim and i …
The River I will fight the spirit With a sword in my side And…
The Silence Why do I deserve the science to feel better about…
The Sunshine I already know that I don't already know You are the…
The Wolf Said, "In truth I don't really want to talk about…
Tony The Tiger I was alone So I set a fire and I wasted…
Top Notch There's two twin deaf kids and they've gotta make An ungodly…
Trees I used to feel some guilt Now I just feel empty I…
Virgin Heard don't move unless you know someone you can move And…
Way Back I don't miss you The way that I did Rearrange me Buried agai…
Where Have You Been They call holidays an option for a reason I heard you're…
Where Have You Been? They call holidays an option for a reason I heard you're…
Wolves At Night I could of sworn that I saw you knee bent…


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