He says that when he was younger, he worried about turning into one of those cranks as he aged - or worse yet, running out of new material. It’s like being mad at Nintendo or something. But those guys seem a little crotchety, don’t they?” he laughs. “I mean, I love comic book movies, so I also understand what they’re saying to a degree on some of them, that it’s a little formulaic.

Hull also has some thoughts regarding the comic book movie discourse, which has seen luminaries such as Martin Scorsese and Ridley Scott ridicule superhero flicks. They found a really clever way of doing that, where I was like, ‘Man, I never would’ve thought to do that,’ and it was cool that they did.” It sort of turns the whole thing on its head. “I really love it when a remix takes a song and takes the vocal melody and places the music in a different key.

“The Lucius remix that they did really floored us,” Hull says. The group followed it with The Million Masks of God: The Remixes, which Hull calls “a fun way to look into the brains of other artists that I respect.” Lucius, Dirty Projectors, Local Natives, and Alfa Mist put twists on Manchester Orchestra songs, revealing some surprises throughout the process. I’m not sure if I came away with any grand conclusions on the universe.”

To write what you’re going through has always been a really important, helpful psychological process for me. It was a very healthy thing to do, to work through it. It taught me that I knew less than I thought I did before. Did he learn anything in the process? “Maybe the opposite. “I think it was a way to work through some grief,” Hull says. It found Manchester Orchestra wrestling with faith, death, and the sometimes futile quest to find meaning in life - a process spurred on by the passing of guitarist Robert McDowell‘s father in 2019. The Atlanta four-piece kicked things off with The Million Masks of God, one of the best albums of 2021. It was a rare down moment in a year of triumphs. It ruined the leftovers, so it was like a double punch in the stomach.” “I got food poisoning the day after,” he tells Consequence. So it’s on brand, if nothing else, that vocalist Andy Hull’s Thanksgiving was spoiled by illness. Manchester Orchestra write about the cycle of life and death, the pain in pleasure and the pleasure of pain. As the year winds down, stay tuned for more awards, lists, and articles about the best music, film, and TV of 2021. Our 2021 Annual Report continues with a wrap-up interview with Manchester Orchestra. The post Manchester Orchestra on Their Year of Collaboration and Branching Out: “Why Shouldn’t Your Scope of Art Get Wider?” appeared first on Consequence.

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