Mean Everything To Nothing , the second album from Atlanta's Manchester Orchestra, is everything you want a rock record to be: raw, urgent, emotional, and 100 percent authentic. "There is nothing fake about this record," says frontman and lyricist Andy Hull. "There's not one fake sound on it. We recorded it live because we wanted it to sound like a band, and I think it does: live and loud!"
Inspired by the pounding, primal assault of Weezer's Pinkerton , Nirvana's In Utero , and Foo Fighters' The Colour and the Shape , this young band has created its own version of what a classic rock album should sound like, complete with fiercely beautiful melodies, shifting guitar and keyboard textures, loud/soft dynamics, and an urgency in each band member's performance, especially Hull's cathartic vocals.
The drama is magnified by the fact that the album's first six songs bleed into one another without stopping. The blistering opener "The Only One" immediately gives way to the propulsive "Shake It Out" and the torrential first single "I've Got Friends," followed by the anguished "Pride" and the menacing "In My Teeth," before slowing down on the darkly funny "100 Dollars." Then the album pauses and down-shifts into less relentless yet equally gripping territory on songs from "I Can Feel A Hot One" (which was featured on Gossip Girl last September), to the ruminative closer "The River."
The breakneck pace is both exhilarating and exhausting, which Hull says was intentional. "I like the fact that there isn't a chance during the first six songs to say anything if you're listening to it with somebody. It's seamless. We did that to emphasize that there are two halves to the album." The first half is a brooding tale of teenage angst and anger -- the confusion and disillusionment of growing up and becoming an adult. The second half is about redemption and an overall re-evaluation of the self. It's about Hull beginning to realize in his own words "that things are not ok, I am not ok, and there's a beauty in that -- a calming, a forgiveness," he says.
I saw you on fuse today and I got excited!! I remember when you guys come to our school and played for us and you weren't really known yet and now you on tv and everything....
Man you guys are seriously the best band, your chords, your lyrics, and you guys sound amazing live I saw you at The Pageant in St. Louis in October... I was the guy that kept screaming "Colley Strings!" haha! I love it guys don't ever stop, you have some big things ahead of you Manchester Orchestra!
i Never heard of You Guys until jimmy fallon a couple Months ago and now im hooked , would like 2 see you Guys Live Fav Song's r 100 dollars/Where Have You Been? Just keep it up and hope for some new songs soon
Hi all, I hope all is good for you! Thanks a lot for the add! Been a big fan & loving your music ever since I picked up, Mean Everything to Nothing 4 or 5 months ago! Keep on jammin! Wishing you and your families all the Best over the Holidays & Always, ;{)=
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andy hull whether its RAGC! or Manchester you need to fucking come to columbia, because just reacently i saw blink, and brand new and i need a dose of my other favorite band and im not gunna lie it would be fucking grand to see yall agian for the third time...or not just making a suggestion.
awesome show yesterday in cologne... plese come back very soon for a full european tour and please bring over che... btw sad that you guys didn't have any merch with you... see you next time around... best xxx
Please please please!!! make another album like "I'm like a virgin losing a child" its amazing and great! I love it! I have all your guys other albums and EP's (and I must say there also AMAZING!!) but "I'm like a virgin losing a child" is the best of the best so please!!!!! make another like that
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