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Manchester Orchestra 'Shake It Out'

• 10th Nov 2009

The powerfully epic ‘Shake It Out,’ the second single from Manchester Orchestra's sophomore album, Mean Everything To Nothing, has been met with great excitement. ‘I've Got Friends,’ the first single from Mean Everything To Nothing spent 26 weeks on the Billboard Modern Rock chart in the US and reached the #8 spot at its peak.

The band will play their biggest UK show to date at London’s Heaven venue on 17th November alongside their support slot on the Biffy Clyro tour this month. These shows follow on from their recent triumphant headline tour & slots at Reading/Leeds & Latitude. As ever with Manchester Orchestra, expect to be blown away in the wake of their immense live show, recently dubbed by Kerrang! Magazine as “one of the best live shows you will see all year.” Their second album Mean Everything To Nothing was released fully on Columbia Records in September having received significant critical acclaim.

Remaining live dates are as follows:

11th Nov Norwich ,UEA (with Biffy Clyro)
12th Nov London, Brixton Academy (with Biffy Clyro)
17th Nov London, Heaven (Headline)

Inspired by the pounding, primal assault of Weezer’s Pinkerton, Nirvana’s In Utero, and Foo Fighters’ The Colour and the Shape, this young band has created its own version of what a classic rock album should sound like, complete with fiercely beautiful melodies, shifting guitar and keyboard textures, loud/soft dynamics, and an urgency in each band member’s performance, especially Hull’s cathartic vocals.

A fully realized album, Mean Everything To Nothing is the sound of a band coming into its own after spending 300 days on the road in support of their debut album, 2007’s I’m Like A Virgin Losing A Child. After more than a year of touring with such artists as Kings of Leon, Brand New, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Say Anything, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, as well as performing their own headlining shows, Manchester Orchestra has become a powerful and well-oiled machine.

“Manchester Orchestra have cemented their position as one of the most enthralling bands around. Full of vitality and honesty that blows away the cobwebs and once again underlines America’s current indie rock dominance.” Rock Sound

“Fans of Pixies & Weezer will love it. ‘I’ve Got Friends is a winning maelstrom of piano, white noise, power chords and primal screaming” NME

“Symphony of guitars, bass and drums that remind us of Soul Asylum and Pearl Jam” The Guardian

“Mean Everything To Nothing is a huge sounding record” Metro

“They remind me of us. They are country boys from Georgia and sing this raw passionate music.” Caleb Followill – Kings of Leon

Shake It Out (Music Video)

Manchester Orchestra | MySpace Video