Manchester Orchestra are set to release ‘Union Chapel, London, England’ on 20th March through Loma Vista Recordings.
Captured during a sold-out residency at London’s Union Chapel in the autumn of 2023, this 21-track live album showcases Andy Hull and Robert McDowell reimagining several key tracks from their extensive catalogue.
Hull says, “The city of London has been a close companion to Manchester Orchestra from the very beginning of the band. We spilled out of a tiny van nearly 20 years ago at legendary dives like The Barfly and The Water Rats and with each year, and each show since, the town has become a kind of canon in our lives. A way to compare past with present and past with further past. It was surreal to perform those same songs and so many others across our career over the course of three nights at the historic Union Chapel. It was equally as intense as it was healing and I gratefully believe these recordings faithfully represent the air of that balancing act in the chapel that night.”
The album will be available as a 2LP vinyl in translucent Sea Blue or opaque Silver, and in a 2xCD format. Hull will also take songs from ‘Union Chapel, London, England’ on a solo U.S. tour, with stops including New York City, Boston, and Chicago.
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