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Manchester Orchestra

Simple Math

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PLAY QUEUE 1 Deer		save
PLAY QUEUE 2 Mighty		save
PLAY QUEUE 3 Pensacola		save
PLAY 4 April Fool
PLAY QUEUE 5 Pale Black Eye		save
PLAY QUEUE 6 Virgin		save
PLAY QUEUE 7 Simple Math		save
PLAY QUEUE 8 Leave It Alone		save
PLAY QUEUE 9 Apprehension		save
PLAY QUEUE 10 Leaky Breaks		save

MOG Editorial Review

After gaining fans with relatively straightforward alt-rock during their first two albums, Manchester Orchestra have finally started to embrace the latter half of their band name with the release of Simple Math, employing a much-needed dose of strings to their sound. Technically a concept album about a disgruntled 23-year-old, Andy Hull and company still have plenty of rock 'n' roll bite here, but there's also more melody and a pastoral vibe, something on full display with opener "Deer." Manchester Orchestra are less concerned with trying to get radio play with Simple Math, instead reaching for greatness and occasionally getting there with songs that are unconventionally suited for a big audience, whether they intended to or not.
AMG Review of Simple Math

Matt Collar
All Music Guide

Manchester Orchestra's 2011effort Simple Math is an epic, would-be concept album revolving around lead singer/songwriter Andy Hull's life to date. Which, essentially, consists of the time Hull -- in his twenties as the time of release -- has spent with his band, which he started in high school. It's clear from the melancholy lead-off track, "Deer," that Hull is angry, depressed, and regretful over most everything in his life. He sings, "Dear everyone I ever really knew, I acted like an asshole so I could keep my edge on you. Ended up abusing even those I thought immune. I killed the kingdom with one move and now it's time to move." The self-reflection and general tone of pyhrric release-turned-rock star empowerment continues throughout much of the album with such muscular, sludge rock numbers as "Mighty," and the fiery, ragingly melodic "April Fool" being particularly catchy and moving numbers. In that sense, the album brings to mind similar works by such artists as the Queens of the Stone Age, Tool, and, as on cuts like the new wave-esque "Pensacola," a slightly more robust take on Death Cab for Cutie's yearning pop. Conceptual conceits aside, Simple Math is a fairly passionate and rocking affair filled with sprawling, if still tightly wound anthemic pop.