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SUMMARY:Manchester Orchestra
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE SHOW Manchester Orchestra brings their dynamic blen
 d of indie rock\, alternative anthems and emotionally charged songwritin
 g to Ryman Auditorium on Tuesday\, November 17th\, 2026. Genre: Indie Ro
 ck • Alternative Rock • Indie Folk • Post-Rock For Fans Of: Brand New • 
 Foxing • The Front Bottoms • Balance and Composure • Thrice • Death Cab 
 for Cutie Following their acclaimed 2021 album The Million Masks of God\
 , Manchester Orchestra is back with The Valley of Vision\, a brand new p
 roject that takes on the weighty themes of adulthood\, faith and redempt
 ion through a wealth of fresh new sounds and textures. But if The Millio
 n Masks of God served as a cry for help - exploring a man’s encounter wi
 th the angel of death\, inspired by frontman and songwriter Andy Hull’s 
 reflections on grief as well as the battle with cancer faced by guitaris
 t Robert McDowell’s father - The Valley of Vision offers a collective\, 
 cathartic expression of gratitude. Throughout the 27-minute album\, you 
 can almost feel the band take a giant exhale and then put its arms aroun
 d you. Continuing to push themselves into fascinating and immersive crea
 tive realms with each release has always been the mantra for Manchester 
 Orchestra\, and The Valley of Vision finds the band reinvigorated once a
 gain. Across the six-song salvo and VR film out March 10th\, the band co
 njures a story that is further illuminated through a cinematic experienc
 e by writer-director Isaac Deitz\, created with 3D-computed radiography 
 technology. Hull started writing and recording The Valley of Vision in t
 he summer of 2021\, sparking a spontaneous and new approach to releasing
  his band's music. “Making this was an exciting idea of what the future 
 could be for us in terms of how we create.” Hull was inspired to begin w
 riting the record while rummaging around in his suitcase looking for his
  lyric notebook and instead found The Valley of Vision\, a 1975 book of 
 old Puritan prayers his mom had given to him the previous Christmas. “I 
 realized it should be our title too\, because to me\, it meant you can’t
  see the forest for the trees\, but you’re recognizing you’re in the val
 ley\, and you can eventually get out\,” he says. Sonically\, those energ
 ies evoke places Manchester Orchestra has visited on prior albums withou
 t ever really setting up a permanent home. In fact\, there’s not much gu
 itar at all on The Valley of Vision\, and Andy Prince’s bass operates in
  sub-synth frequencies rarely utilized before. In other instances\, drum
  parts by Tim Very were excised from one song and repurposed in other pl
 aces they weren’t originally intended to go. The whole feeling is one of
  peacefulness\, even zen — perhaps because recording sessions at a conve
 rted manor in Muscle Shoals\, Ala.\, were “almost a complete abandonment
  of all the instruments we’re used to using\,” Hull says. “None of these
  songs were written with the band being in the same room in a live setti
 ng\,” he continues. “They were really like science experiments that star
 ted from the bottom and were added to gradually over time\, to catch the
  vibe of each one.” Opener “Capital Karma” and “Quietly” are both songs 
 Hull composed via his idiosyncratic self-taught methods on piano\, which
  involve him physically writing notes on the keys to remind himself what
  he’s actually playing. “The Way” is a beautifully atmospheric\, piano-a
 nd-beats-powered ballad\, which Hull credits Million Masks producers Eth
 an Gruska and Catherine Marks with helping him shape after struggling fo
 r years with how to present it. Elsewhere\, the uplifting “Lose You Agai
 n” is the first Manchester Orchestra song in a long time that could be p
 layed with acoustic guitars around a campfire\, while “Letting Go” threa
 ds wisps of emotive\, effects-drenched vocals through gorgeous shimmers 
 of sound. “We decided\, let’s live in that feeling\,” Hull says. “When w
 e tried to add anything that took us out of it\, it started to feel cont
 rived and forced. We try to listen to our instincts when it comes to tha
 t. As far as just going for some of the sounds\, we’re intrigued by doin
 g things the wrong way or attempting things we haven’t done before and g
 etting inspired by them.”\n\nTickets: https://www.axs.com/events/1580139
 /manchester-orchestra-tickets?skin=ryman\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/
 event/0e15a4ae-b93c-4241-88dc-3f2efd8d4cea
LOCATION:Ryman Auditorium\, 116 5th Ave. N\, Nashville\, TN 37219
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/0e15a4ae-b93c-4241-88dc-3f2efd8d4ce
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