The self-titled full-length Bad Books album was digitally released on October 19, 2010, and on CD on November 9, 2010. On April 10, 2010, it was announced the new project's name was Bad Books, and that the album would be released under that moniker, and not "Manchester Orchestra + Kevin Devine" as previously speculated. Following the release of the Manchester Orchestra/Kevin Devine split EP, it was announced that Kevin Devine would record a full-length album along with the members of Manchester Orchestra later that year, with half the album written by Devine and half by Andy Hull. On January 26, 2010, the band released a digital split EP with Kevin Devine entitled I Could Be The Only One. On February 4, 2009, the band posted a link to a free download of the single I've Got Friends and performed an acoustic version at The Fly’s In The Courtyard Sessions. In early September 2008, the band announced on their Myspace blog that they had begun recording their second album entitled Mean Everything to Nothing with producer Joe Chicarrelli (The Shins, My Morning Jacket). In October of 2008 the band recorded their second EP, Let My Pride Be What's Left Behind, with producer Dan Hannon and engineer Brad Fisher. The song Wolves At Night was featured in the video game NHL 08. Guitarist Robert McDowell did not appear on this album. The album was released nationwide July 27, 2007. This album gained the attention of the music industry, and eventually led to their signing with Canvasback. The band stated that "the band that made the record was different to the band now." Some of the tracks written for the album were released instead on the EP You Brainstorm, I Brainstorm, but Brilliance Needs a Good Editor.įollowing You Brainstorm, I Brainstorm, but Brilliance Needs a Good Editor, Manchester Orchestra recorded and released their debut album I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child. However, it was never released due to the shift in the band's musical direction and personal changes undergone following its recording. Early in their career, the band recorded an album entitled Nobody Sings Anymore. Feeling increasingly alienated at his "small-town-Georgia, Christian high school", Hull became so frustrated that he spent his senior year studying at home. They are named after the English city Manchester, a place rich in musical history (The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Joy Division, Oasis, New Order, Happy Mondays). Manchester Orchestra originated in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. The band has released four albums - 2006's I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child, 2009's Mean Everything to Nothing, 2011's Simple Math, and 2014's Cope. Former drummer Jeremiah Edmond parted ways with the band in January 2010 to focus on his family as well as running the band's record label, Favorite Gentlemen. The group is currently composed of rhythm guitarist, singer/songwriter Andy Hull, lead guitarist Robert McDowell, keyboardist and percussionist Chris Freeman, bassist Jonathan Corley and drummer Tim Very. Manchester Orchestra is an American indie rock band which formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2004.
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