Manchester Orchestra Explore 'Temptation and Lust' on New Single 'Simple Math'

Posted on Feb 28th 2011 4:15PM by Dan Reilly
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With 'Simple Math,' their third LP, due in May, Manchester Orchestra are offering fans a sneak peak at what's to come by releasing the title track as the album's first single. The five-minute track builds from a quiet and haunting beginning to a soaring, beautiful peak, and as frontman Andy Hull explains it, is a look at the complexities involved in infidelity.

"'Simple Math,' that song is fictional, and the verses are a kind of storytelling of what I think an affair would be like; the stirring emotion of temptation and lust," Hull tells Spinner. "The chorus is written more spiritually, so that's where the lyrics say 'What if all we thought was right was wrong?' [It's] the scary idea of 'Oh God, what if I've been believing the wrong thing forever?' That's sort of what the record title means."

The single is available for download at Manchester Orchestra's official site, and will hit digital retailers on Tuesday, March 1. The album, which was produced by frequent collaborator Dan Hannon, will be out May 10 via Favorite Gentlemen Recordings.

Manchester Orchestra's 'Simple Math'

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