Manchester Orchestra, 'April Fool' (Interface)

While Manchester Orchestra's third studio album may be unified by Hull's thematic struggle to make sense of his life, his career and his marriage, the record is not as much a traditional concept piece as a 10-song dialog between the harrowed frontman and himself.

At times reflective, confessional, furious and bitter; 'Simple Math' is a revelatory trial by fire, a portrait of a man still trapped in the rubble of a collapse, exulting at the light at the end of the tunnel.

"I almost feel like I wish we never would have told anybody it was a concept record because they all think it's like all creepier and stuff you know. People don't really understand how ridiculously descriptive some parts are of real moments and real scenarios and people and parties that actually happened." -- Andy Hull