![]() “We’ve always really prided ourselves on making the exact record that we want to make without compromises. Following on from their last effort, a meandering journey through intricate soundscapes which showcased their skills above and beyond their rock and roll gusto, this time they were going to go big they were going to go loud. Making a record more universal wasn’t the only challenge that the band set themselves. ![]() With these lyrics, I wanted them to mean a bunch of different things to a bunch of different people.” Just like the title emblazoned on the album’s sleeve. With ‘Simple Math’, there was way more detail, but this is far more broad strokes. “The lyrics are based on much bigger, larger thoughts bigger life things and relationships. Their last offering ‘Simple Math’ was, in his own words, “cut the chest open and see what’s inside.” With their newest full-length, he decided to make things a little more universal, but just as bold as ever. ![]() With their debut album ‘Like A Virgin Losing A Child’, the young Atlanta group delved into issues of mortality and religion with ‘Mean Everything To Nothing’, their lyricist attempted to deal with the troubles of responsibility, and becoming a man. Manchester Orchestra are no strangers to bold sentiments. Then, we asked people what the word means and every single person gave a different answer.” Once we saw what that looked like we saw the power of this sort of propaganda. Then I had this idea to have a t-shirt that just said ‘Cope’ on it, in black, bold letters on white. “I wanted to call the record ‘The Way That We Cope’,” he further explains, ahead of their fourth record’s release, “from the last track on the record, but that just never sat right. It’s all different things, and that was so cool to me, that word is so interesting to me. “Some say trying to be happy, some are trying not to be sad. ![]() “Some people would say drugs,” begins Andy Hull, the frontman of Manchester Orchestra, who have brandished that very same word across their forthcoming album. ![]()
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