Manchester Orchestra
Mean Everything To Nothing
Favorite Gentlemen Records
9/10
I loved Manchester Orchestra’s last record. It was a perfect blend of melancholy, anxiety and introversion. However on Mean Everything to Nothing, the band’s proverbial balls have dropped and it’s fucking amazing. Distorted guitars, shredding riffs, and some pit and snarl on the band’s behalf makes their latest LP badass.
While it’s not anywhere near metal or anything, Manchester Orchestra is more like what Chris Carraba should have done with Dashboard. You know, not suck. Back in a day where emo meant argyle sweater vests and thick rimmed glasses, the music was emotionally concentrated without the bad haircuts and skinny jeans. This album is what emo’s angry teenage years should have been. Not reverse mullets and intelligible screaming. Good work.
–Jonathan Yost