The band was introduced by identifying what they are not. That was our experience at the Live 105 BFD festival in 2011. “They are not from Manchester and they are not an orchestra.” They are Manchester Orchestra.
Since then, the quartet from Atlanta, Georgia has continued to generate a sophisticated form of Indie Rock that unfortunately remains underappreciated. The members are Andy Hull (vocals, guitar), Robert McDowell (guitar, vocals), Tim Very (drums), and Andy Prince (bass). Their fifth album, “A Black Mile to the Surface,” was released on July 28, 2017. While we’re fans of a number of songs on the album (including “The Wolf”), our favorite is “The Alien.” The lyrics have a darkness that is made more apparent by its reverse-action video.
Manchester Orchestra will visit San Francisco on September 16, 2017. Their performance will be at The Regency Ballroom. For ticket information, CLICK HERE.
“The Alien” by Manchester Orchestra – A Song Review
Website: http://themanchesterorchestra.com/
Lyrics “The Alien” by Manchester Orchestra
The lights were low enough, you guessed
You swapped your conscience with your father's medication
Limped from Rome to Laurenceville
And on the way wrote out a self-made declaration
And when you got to Pleasant Hill
You forced the traffic to erase your family demons
Made a pact with you and God
If you don't move, I swear to you I'm gonna make you
Do you need me?
[Repeat 3x]
When the first officer arrived
It happened to be the high school bully of your brother
And when you finally recognized
You felt some guilt that you had even let him touch you
"Can you hear me? What's your name?"
You could not speak, just laid amazed at all the damage
As the high school's letting out
All the kids saying the same thing that they used to
It's an alien
[Repeat 3x]
The lights were low enough, you guessed
Hospital food, there's never enough medication
The doctor asked about your ears
You said your mom said you were made from a revelation
But revelation never scares
Your fear came from your drunken dad and a pair of scissors
Were you just finally letting go?
Did you mean to take out all those people with you?
Didn't mean to
Didn't mean to
Didn't mean to
Didn't mean to
Oh, I didn't mean to
(Take the time to terrify the throne)
Oh, I didn't mean to
(You'll never let it go)
No, I didn't mean to
(Take the time to terrify the throne)
Oh, I didn't mean to
(They'll never let you go)
Time is here to take your last amendments
And believe them on your own
Time is here to take you by the hand
And lead you there alone
Time has come to take the last commandment
And to carve it in your stone
Time has come to take you by the hand
And leave you here alone
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