Manchester Orchestra, 'Pensecola' (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.

"As far as a story it's about me putting back together a lifestyle that we had gotten into, which is basically just touring and drinking and getting fat and not caring about other people." -- Andy Hull