Manchester Orchestra A Black Mile to the Surface
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Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
December 6th 2025


38329 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Def. Huge improvement over their first few albums, which still have some great songs tbf

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 6th 2025


115043 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I gotta jam this one. First two albums are amazing, but I hate Simple Math.

Lasssie
December 6th 2025


3387 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This one is amazing. I do love the one that came after also but this is the one.

Also have a framed poster of it and my gf thought the artwork was of someone hanging themself lol

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 6th 2025


115043 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Loving this so far.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 6th 2025


115043 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This is absolutely incredible.

Gyromania
Contributing Reviewer
December 6th 2025


38329 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This is their peak fsfs. Simple Math is prob their second best tho imo.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 6th 2025


115043 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Idk why I could never get into that one at all. But this? Could see it becoming a 5 one day.

Squiggly
December 6th 2025


1529 Comments


I also heard this for the first time this year and it’s one of the better discoveries i’ve made this year.

YOU BELIEVE IT OR YOU DOOOOOOOONT

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 6th 2025


115043 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This really might be a 5 lol.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 6th 2025


115043 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Fuck it, this is a 5. Hit me right in the feels instantly just like the new Moving Mountains, which is also a 5.

Lasssie
December 7th 2025


3387 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Same

Thought i already had it 5d

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 7th 2025


115043 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

This shit just hits so hard emotionally. We'll see if the 5 holds up, but it usually does when I get this feeling lol.

Lasssie
December 7th 2025


3387 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah this hasnt gotten old, at least for me and ive been listening to it consistently since it came out lol

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 7th 2025


115043 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

About to jam again now! Obsessed with this right now.

Larkinhill
December 7th 2025


8315 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

I truly believe this to be amongst the greatest albums, front to back, of all time.



And yeah, never gets old.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 7th 2025


115043 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

It really is flawless.

Larkinhill
December 7th 2025


8315 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Simple Math is pretty good, just find it to be inconsistent. After this I’d say their second best is Mean Everything to Nothing, followed by the debut. And while Cope is their worst or 2nd worst perhaps, it’s still solid imo.

Larkinhill
December 7th 2025


8315 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Just an incredibly emotionally cathartic and authentic album. Which is a rarity in this day and age of bullshit and static.

Hawks
Staff Reviewer
December 7th 2025


115043 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Still gotta hear Cope, which I'm gonna jam today, but for now I'd say:



1. A Black Mile to the Surface (5)

2. I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child (4.3)

3. Mean Everything to Nothing (4.2)

4. The Million Masks of God (4.2)

5. Simple Math (2.8)

Larkinhill
December 7th 2025


8315 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Black Mile 5



Mean Everything to Nothing: 4 (close to 4.5 though, Shake it off is incredible)



I’m like a virgin losing a child: 4



Simple Math: 3.5



Million Masks of God: 3.5



Cope: 3



I don’t know that they’ll ever outdo themselves with Black Mile. An album that perfect comes but once every couple years.



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