Manchester Orchestra A Black Mile to the Surface
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Sowing
Moderator
April 24th 2021


45556 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I'd be willing to bet that a lot of people start getting their pre-orders ahead of the release date. I ordered one of those packages with the album/shirts/signed prints, and the order status when I checked yesterday said it already shipped. I don't know how long it was like that.

Pikazilla
April 24th 2021


32373 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I am so excited to listen to the new one

Mesm277
April 24th 2021


1137 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Will the new album make me cry?



This is a tough listen due to the it's emotive effect

Sowing
Moderator
April 24th 2021


45556 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It might make you cry tears of joy, but this isn't the heart-wringer that Black Mile was. The label embargo'd reviews until 4/30 so I can't post early without violating the agreement, but here's a teaser of one sentence I wrote: If A Black Mile to the Surface was a slow trudge through the murky depths of a mine shaft, then The Million Masks of God is the band arriving at that fabled surface, inhaling deeply, and feeling the warmth of the sun graze their cheeks.



Hopefully that gives you an idea of what you're getting into. MMOG is their prettiest album, but not necessarily their most poignant (although it still is quite emotional!)

Demon of the Fall
April 24th 2021


39126 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This is genuinely heart-breaking, I’m actually slightly disappointed I might not get that crushing sadness from the new one. God I’m weird.

Colton
April 24th 2021


16757 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

so it’s like their Shore basically

Sowing
Moderator
April 24th 2021


45556 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Goddamn Colton

Sowing
Moderator
April 24th 2021


45556 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

That is literally a deleted line from my review because I found a slightly better comparison but JFC get out of my head



Edit: It's like halfway between being their Shore and being their Science Fiction, let's put it that way

Colton
April 24th 2021


16757 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

It’s all good we’ll just say it’s a collaborative review

Sowing
Moderator
April 24th 2021


45556 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Here's a publication that either missed the memo or has more balls than me, they posted their review a few days ago: https://www.montrealrocks.ca/album-review-manchester-orchestra-the-million-masks-of-god/



I'd say spoiler but it basically tells you nothing at all because everything is so generically worded, so feel free to read it and learn what the tracklist is again without ruining any surprises.

nol
April 24th 2021


12280 Comments


does the production let the tracks breathe for any more intimate sections of the songs, or is it just constant balls-to-the-walls like the two singles (which works for me)

Sowing
Moderator
April 24th 2021


45556 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It breathes.

nol
April 24th 2021


12280 Comments


gud.

BigTuna
April 24th 2021


6009 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

lol that review is terrible

Sowing
Moderator
April 24th 2021


45556 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Mine is gonna be worse it's like 3/4 lyrics lmao

StickFeit
April 24th 2021


2349 Comments


But you’re Sowing, so it’s cool.

Sowing
Moderator
April 25th 2021


45556 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

https://imgur.com/a/F6Sq2lq

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
April 27th 2021


38391 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

1. The Alien

2. The Gold

3. Lead, SD

4. The Moth

5. The Silence

6. The Wolf

7. The Grocery

8. The Maze

9. The Mistake

10. The Sunshine

11. The Parts

Sowing
Moderator
April 27th 2021


45556 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

1. The Silence

2. Lead, SD

3. The Alien

4. The Grocery

5. The Moth

6. The Maze

7. The Mistake

8. The Gold

9. The Wolf

10. The Sunshine

11. The Parts



#1-3 are 5/5

#4-7 are 4.5/5

#8-9 are 4/5

#10-11 are 3.5/5

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
April 27th 2021


38391 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Lol we both agree the parts and the sunshine are the lowest points of the record, nice. The Gold is such a simple song compared to others on here and yet I absolutely adore it. Even when I first heard the album it made me feel nostalgic. The Wolf has grown on me a lot since my first play.



#1-4 = 5/5

#5-7 = 4.5/5

#8-9 = 4/5

#10 = 3/5

#11 = 2/5



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