Manchester Orchestra: "Pale Black Eye"

Release date: May 10th, 2011
Genre: alternative rock, indie... a little roots/punk

This album hits all the soft tones ("Leave It Alone"), driving beats ("Mighty"/"April Fool"), and hallowing keys ("Apprehension"). Favourite track? The melancholic "Pale Black Eye".
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A human experience, through audio.

Despite its title, the Drop covers all genres, including EDM. It focussed primarily on the local Toronto scene until 2013, after which most of my written music coverage shifted to The B-Side, a publication friends and I founded at UC Berkeley. During that time, this page has held more poetry and personal musings, but as of 2017, I'm back to covering what I did best here -- new and unique sounds.

Kindly direct all inquiries and material to jo@dropmeinthemiddle.com.