![]() They later reunited, but you'll find Hull still infuses introspective lyrics into his sometimes soothing, soulful harmonics and sometimes unabashed rock threads. He came home and she had left, forcing him to recognize that everything they had together was over. April Fool was written immediately after he and his wife had hit an impasse. So while the title track is speculative, other songs are not. ![]() Simple Math sets the tone of the album, best described as growing up and accepting responsibility instead of blaming everything or anyone else. The final cut, however, works on an even bigger scale as Hull and company transform the emotion behind Simple Math as any careless accident interrupting well-plotted lives. Although Hull, who has been married for two years, never had an affair, he was able to contemplate the consequences of having one while writing it. Simple Math gives each and every song an explorative depth it deserves. While many albums have throwaways that I sometimes refer to as "we need another track" songs, you won't find any on this LP. "We built this house your hands and your time and your blood" is a direct reference to fans on the album Simple Math on the song Virgin.Īccording to Hull, Simple Math was the most fluid creative process of anything they have ever created before. ![]() And like many suburban youth felt from time to time, frontman Andy Hull was so frustrated by small town attitudes and sameness that he spent his senior year at home studying while writing and recording his first full-length album.Īlthough Manchester Orchestra was meant to be a solo project after his first band collapsed, his close friendships with the people he wanted to invite to play - including Chris Freeman - formed a kinship as thick as blood, a feeling Hull now shares with his fans. Conceptual conceits aside, Simple Math is a fairly passionate and rocking affair filled with sprawling, if still tightly wound anthemic pop.It might be named after an English city, but indie rock band Manchester Orchestra was formed in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. 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. 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. ![]() ![]() Ended up abusing even those I thought immune. He sings, "Dear everyone I ever really knew, I acted like an asshole so I could keep my edge on you. It's clear from the melancholy lead-off track, "Deer," that Hull is angry, depressed, and regretful over most everything in his life. 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. Manchester Orchestra's 2011 effort Simple Math is an epic, would-be concept album revolving around lead singer/songwriter Andy Hull's life to date. ![]()
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