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Manchester Orchestra - A Black Mile to the Surface (July 28, 2017) Album • Page 125

Discussion in 'Music Forum' started by RuckerPark, May 30, 2017.

  1. cj

    fka bedwettingcosmo Supporter

    does anyone have a general tl;dr on what the concept story is about? obviously i need to have a sit down with this and read through the lyric sheet
     
  2. DickyCullz

    I create content for some of your favorite artists

    I just realized that if they're selling this at the show tonight I have no way to listen to it anyway! No CD player or record player anymore :(

    The struggle is real
     
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  3. Matt Who

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    A computer with a CD drive?
     
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  4. teebs41

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    This is a great write up and I love that ton mentioned what you liked/disliked. Give it time to unravel it's a lot to pack in lyrically. My first few listens I just mainly enjoyed the melodies the production the beautiful harmonies. After that I began to put together lyrical themes and story's. Where do characters make reentrances what is being connected musically and lyrically. I started to feel a much stronger emotional weight of the songs rather than just enjoying the music.
     
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  5. AlwaysEvolving21

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    Are there heavy parts on this new album like there was on Cope?
     
  6. Vinyl probably comes with a download card?
     
  7. teebs41

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    The whole thing is just a wall of guitars


    there are heavier moments but they hold off on them. The chorus to lead is really heavy. The end of the grocery is heavy. The last chorus of the moth hits pretty hard and the outro torhe wolf is heavy and weird and chromatic
     
  8. DickyCullz

    I create content for some of your favorite artists

    a what now? curse my MacBook's slim sexy profile

    this is what I'm hanging my hopes on. I'd love to get back tonight and just lay in the dark and listen to it through
     
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  9. SteveLikesMusic

    approx. 3rd coolest Steve on here Supporter

    The alien is so, so haunting
     
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  10. Jim

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    Mine came with a download card
     
  11. loudasallgetout

    Trusted Supporter

    How the hell am I supposed to listen to anything else for the rest of the week....
     
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  12. SteveLikesMusic

    approx. 3rd coolest Steve on here Supporter

    The way this album flows back and forth between bright beauty and sinister darkness is pretty wild.
     
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  13. SteveLikesMusic

    approx. 3rd coolest Steve on here Supporter

    The Wolf would make a hell of a fake last song before an encore.
     
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  14. Serenity Now

    deliver us from e-mail Supporter

    Cant wait to see them play THE MISTAKE live and scream out in that bridge part..."WOOOOOOOO"
     
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  15. travisred

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    Already gonna book my hotel in advance so I can to go to The Stuffing for the 10th anniversary of A Black Mile To The Surface.
     
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  16. Anthony Brooks

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  17. CoffeeEyes17

    Reclusive-aggressive Prestigious

    alright now that its out there maybe we can all learn what the actual fuck the storyline of this album is
     
  18. teebs41

    Prestigious Prestigious

    From that interview I posted it's going to be tough and he wants it to be tough. There is time travel in songs
     
  19. aoftbsten

    Prestigious Supporter

    Did my first listen in the car during my commute. Probably not the best environment for a first listen, but I enjoyed it. It starts off and finishes really strong, the middle is a little hard to remember though. Gonna have to sit down with some headphones when I have time.
     
  20. SteveLikesMusic

    approx. 3rd coolest Steve on here Supporter

    I feel like we need an editable google doc or somewhere to put our theories haha
     
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  21. CoffeeEyes17

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    well now we're really fucked then because time travel always makes things more complicated see: Doctor Who
     
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  22. CoffeeEyes17

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    THATS ACTUALLY A GOOD IDEA STEVE CHANGING MY USERNAME TO KENLIKESSTEVESIDEAS BECAUSE THATS A GOOD ONE

    no but for real im down
     
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  23. Joe4th

    Memories are nice, but that's all they are. Prestigious

    Kingdom Hearts introduced time traveling in DDD and im still mad and confused about it

    Now I have to deal with one of my favorite bands doing it???
     
  24. FTank

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    I'm notoriously horrible at figuring out what albums are about so I will be no help here haha
     
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  25. CoffeeEyes17

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    this is off topic as fuck but omg i cant stand that they did that like whyyyyy make an already batshit crazy complicated series even more up its own ass