Manchester Orchestra is bringing their ‘The Million Masks of God’ Tour to First Avenue on Tuesday, March 8th!
Manchester Orchestra’s new album The Million Masks of God presents an even grander scale of the epic and re-focused approach to record-making that the band has forged in recent years. The band—lead songwriting duo Andy Hull and Robert McDowell, alongside Tim Very (drums) and Andy Prince (bass)—relentlessly pushed themselves to create music that would break beyond the scope and limits of every previous album, all while sorting through the aftermath of a devastating loss.
The Million Masks of God is undoubtedly Manchester Orchestra’s most towering achievement, and showcases the strength and boundary-pushing invention of their renowned catalog. It’s also a testament to the kinship of its songwriting duo—the bond that enables them to take something so tragically personal and turn it into limitless, compassionate, communal, revelatory art. “Making this record reiterated to us that there are no rules and there is no ceiling,” Hull says. “It convinced us of what we were stumbling upon with Black Mile, which was to be ambitious and take our time in order to create something really special; to be courageous and think differently. There’s a huge amount of trust within the band now, and when that happens you start to trust everything more. The whole thing feels like a real unit of discovery and accomplishment.”
Michigander will be opening up this show so get there early! Dreams materialize and manifest in the most unexpected and unassuming of places. This one came true in Michigan. Writing, recording, and performing under the name Michigander, Jason Singer saw beyond his humble beginnings in the town of Midland, MI. So, he picked up a guitar, performed countless marathon cover sets in local dives and watering holes, moved to Kalamazoo, and launched his career in 2014.
Foxing is also playing! Foxing bassist Josh Coll recognizes now that perhaps naming the St. Louis band’s much-lauded debut album The Albatross after the symbolic creature from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” was tempting fate. “It was just the five of us in a room together,” says Coll. “I don’t think we really expected our first album to be heard or embraced by as many people.”
Tickets are still available HERE!
