Manchester Orchestra have shared the details of a very special live recording, created in a very special venue.
‘Union Chapel, London, England’ will be released on March 20 via Loma Vista Recordings. It was recorded during the band’s three-night stint at the iconic Union Chapel, found in the heart of Islington. Showcasing vocalist Andy Hull and guitarist Robert McDowell stripping back some of the band’s biggest and brightest tracks, it’s a 21-song journey through heart, soul and the power of healing through songwriting.
Andy had this to say about the experience, stating, ““The city of London has been a close companion to Manchester Orchestra from the very beginning of the band. We spilled out of a tiny van nearly 20 years ago at legendary dives like The Barfly and The Water Rats and with each year, and each show since, the town has become a kind of canon in our lives. A way to compare past with present and past with further past. It was surreal to perform those same songs and so many others across our career over the course of three nights at the historic Union Chapel. It was equally as intense as it was healing and I gratefully believe these recordings faithfully represent the air of that balancing act in the chapel that night.”
The artwork looks like this:
And the full tracklisting like this:
01. Intro
02. I Know How to Speak
03. The Grocery
04. The Maze
05. The Gold
06. Deer
07. Angel of Death
08. I Can Barely Breathe
09. Capital Karma
10. The Way
11. The River
12. Telepath
13. Simple Math
14. I Can Feel a Hot One
15. Cope
16. Colly Strings
17. Backwards Walk
18. Interlude
19. Rear View
20. Bedhead
21. The Silence
The band have shared a taste of the record, showcasing the evening’s atmosphere beautifully in ‘The Grocery’. A track taken from the band’s 2017 album ‘A Black Mile To The Surface’. A stunning piece of heartbreaking storytelling, compared to the caustic chaos of the original, the tale of redemption in the face of oblivion feels all the more potent and powerful. Thrown in the acoustics that the surroundings of the Union Chapel provide, and it is like touching the gates of Heaven.
It follows on from the previously released ‘The Silence’, which sounds like this.
