Michael - this was a real treat to see. My son-in-law is the bassist for MO, Andy Prince. I shared your reaction with him and he was blown away! These guys are awesome husbands, dads, sons and friends in addition to being great musicians. I’m a new fan for life!

"He's preaching. He's preaching he's preaching he's preaching. There's so much hope in here, and so much misery. It's the battle of dark vs light, and it's reflected in piece of this song." That is the perfect description of Manchester Orchestra's entire discography.

The album this song is from "A Black Mile to the Surface" is a masterpiece. Easily in my top 10 albums of all time

And there it is..... you just discovered the only band that will never let you down.

Thanks for the reaction Michael. Means a lot to hear your thoughts and to know that the song struck you like it did me. I’ll also mirror a lot of the other comments here and say that you should listen to the album that this is off of, A Black Mile to the Surface, from cover to cover. It is a sonic journey you won’t regret. Much love.

"I Know How to Speak" is an outsanding tune by them as well. It'd be cool to see you do the acoustic version of that one.

Here's hoping you find out it's a concept album and the entire thing is a story. This song is the narrative of the man who's raising his brother's baby girl. His brother took his life out of depression and alcoholism, passed on to them by their father. He's talking about how much the little girl has changed his life and helped him get out of the cycle his family was in. The whole album is about the downfall of his brother though and its the single most influential piece of art in my life.

I have bored my friends to tears pleading with them to listen to MO, and in particular the Black Mile To The Surface album….and you’ve said everything I’ve wanted to say to them. A wonderful, wonderful band.

I discovered Manchester Orchestra shortly before they released The Million Masks of God and they quickly became my favorite band of all time. I saw them live this year and they closed the show with The Silence. Needless to say, it was a transformative experience. Do yourself a favor and listen to their entire discography in order and each album top to bottom. Their song to song transitions are flawless..

lead singer andy hull is a genius. all manchester albums are incredible with interesting concepts like double album cope/hope or the touching sailor's story in the trilogy 'right away great captain.' he's done amazing film soundtracks, even one for the daniels who recently blew up with 'everything everywhere.' def a musician to have on your radar

This is one of the most ridiculously epic songs I have ever heard.

One of the best ending songs on an album ever. I would also recommend Colly Strings from their album I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child. Their dynamic on that song is somewhat similar but goosebumps all the way with incredible lyrics. Love your channel!

It starts as a prayer for him and his daughter, then it’s God’s response back and forth. Andy discussed this in one of their documentaries.

Thank you. This brought me to tears. Manchester Orchestra has been a band my soul has been tied with for 15 years now. This song is a phenomenal ending to the album Black Mile. Their most recent album is just as good, if not better. The Million Masks of God. The closer to the album is called The Internet and it really compliments this song. But Angel of Death is golden and deserves a reaction.

I came upon this this band and song in particular to this song (The Silence) about 2 months ago. I honestly listened to it a good 4-5 times in a row. There’s just so much to it. Thanks for the breakdown. ‘I know how to speak’ is another fave.

Like a virgin losing a child is a great album as well as mean everything to nothing!! Manchester Orchestra is amazing, I first saw them live at a Brand New concert back in idk maybe 2007-09ish, they blew me away!! Great pick dude!!

So great to see you hearing Manchester! I've loved them for a long time, and this album is an amazing musical experience. I highly recommend listening to it straight through in one sitting. Thanks for all you do on your channel! Enjoy

Musicians like you just amaze me. I took up drums at 59 years old. I'm decades behind where I should be.

This song is just the tip of the iceberg of the mastery Andy Hull has on lyric writing.

Manchester is one of the most impressive bands I’ve ever listened to. Seeing them live is something else.

I love that this was requested! Nothing super complicated just a great track played to perfection. Ethereal build to the epic payoff with actual lyrics. Perfect track. EDIT: Your breakdown of the drummer is spot on. The airy feel for the first half is HARD to pull off and perfect for the atmospheric feel

I've listened to this song, and this performance so many times and I still get goosebumps and water in my eyes. Great video

This video was made for me. Thanks Jeremy and Micheal. I wouldn’t be here without this band. That’s what they give to us. Truly blessed ❤️

Been waiting so long for this one since you teased it a while back. I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH!!!!

The dynamic range of Manchester Orchestra is probably my favorite thing about them. My all time favorite MO song is Colly Strings. It's an excellent representation of this quality. Great vid Michael!

yessssss. this seemed long overdue. love this song - and love how you instantly feel the story in that song. ”I know how to speak“ would be my recommendation as a follow up

A Black Mile to the Surface album is one of my favorite ever. Has great music, lyrics, depth, and replayability.

Wow, Michael! What a deep and reflected interpretation of this masterpiece of a song! By the way you are talking, i can hear a musician, a poet, a philospher and a preacher. Keep up the good work! Greetings from southern Germany!

You'll love exploring this band's discography! Lots of excellent music.

Great react and break down. I just discovered these guys and this song this week thanks to the algorithm. A great band and an amazing song and video.

Seeing you get moved by my favorite band MO was an amazing experience. Thanks for a great video and your sincere interpretation of the genius that is Manchester Orchestra. All their songs are that good! Great channel too.

I absolutely love this!! I’ve listened to this song at least 1000 times. I love hearing your perspective on it! Subscribed!

I’ve loved this band for a long time, I’m so happy to see them get more attention… they are one of the best American rock bands of all time. I fell in love with their albums and then was lucky to see them live, where they absolutely melted my face. Their live show is so loud. Then seeing Andy Hull during his solo tour was amazing. He’s a national treasure.

I was introduced to Manchester Orchestra when then toured with brand new back in 2006-2007 (can’t remember what year exactly). I have been a big fan ever since.

Listen to the whole album. Beginning to end! What a trip. I don't say many albums are perfect, but this one is to me.

This is phenomenal but doesn’t scratch the surface of their Hot Topic session. That version of Pride is phenomenal. The tone is pristine.

I can't play any instruments at all, but i love music. It does something to me and makes me feel things not many other things can. I love watching your videos. I don't understand any of the technical notes but i like hearing you pick them apart. What i loved most about this one was watching your reaction to a song that i know well knowing that what you were feeling probably was't far away from what i felt the first time i heard this song. And finally, Manchester Orchestra are a fab band. Music, lyrics and the vocals. Rare to find.

Great song. Andy Hull is such an amazing songwriter!

You have to check out the acoustic version of their song Shake It Out. The bridge on that is so powerful!

I have been a fan of this band for what feels like my entire life. They have been the soundtrack to some of the best moments, good and bad. Like a true friend and companion. I salute them.. and you Michael. And Jeremy

I found Manchester about a year after their first album release. To watch the journey of these guys from that first, absolute banger, of an album, through to million masks has been one of the highlights of my life. Their music and lyrics reach right down through you and find your soul, no matter how dark and dank the place it’s in may be. And with the pain of despair they help you find hope. What a gift this band is to everyone who gets to hear them. And if Andy and the gang happens to see this, cope at the earl… genius, it was like a performance of the perfect blend of hope/cope. Thanks a ton.

15:56 is the feeling of listening to MO. That feeling is always there whether it is in the background or right in your face, and it is what makes them my favorite band of all time.

I'm not a musician by any means, but have had an appreciation for musician ever since I was little. Followed the rabbit hole of KZfaq videos for a bit and thos is the first video of yours I've seen and I'm glad it is. Gained a follower. This song hit my soul whe. I first heard it.

I’m taking my 13 year old daughter to see these on Thursday in Manchester UK, I’ve waited years to see them and it feels a little like Christmas Eve!

I discovered this band a few years ago. Their music captures your soul, instantly. Very few band have that effect.

Just seen them back in March, seriously one of the best concerts Ive ever attended

Hello Michael and everyone that recommends songs on here. I just wanted to say THANKYOU I have found so many different bands that otherwise I wouldn't have heard and had the pleasure of passing on to others myself. My personal soundtrack has been enlarged over and over. So again THANK YOU.

This is the song they play as their encore/finale at live shows. It's my favorite song by them, followed by "The Gold" from the same album. Definitely check them out live if you get the chance. This song in particular is heart wrenching. Your analysis was incredible!

My favorite band of all time! Cool to see you react so many jams from this band with lots of different styles. Cope album is heavy, a black mile is ethereal, mean everything is gritty! Would love to see some more songs from them!

I requested this song in one of your live chats. Very happy to see you react/review it.

If you think these lyrics can stab you like a truth slinging knife, you a) gotta check out the whole album and b) the “trilogy” contained in it starting with “the Alien” and ending with “the Grocery”, …especially the Grocery. I get chills just thinking about it.

So much fun watching you experience this track for the first time. MO pours so much passion and raw emotion into their music - I get pretty worked up every time I hear this song. Jeremy - great suggestion! So glad to see these guys get more facetime and appreciation from other musicians because they have an unbelievable talent for invoking something when you hear them play. Pretty special experience to see them live, too!

You had me at Manchester Orchestra "The Silence", but playing a little guitar years ago and having a few years of Music Education in College, you are using terms I hadn't heard since since then. I love it and will be watching more videos, thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent.

Love seeing people discover them. I’ve been a die hard MO fan since 2006 and have seen them perform more times than I can count. Easily one of the best bands in the world. Thanks for the video.

I literally just found and connected with this song today and it blew me away, what a friggin song

Absolutely amazing reaction, to an absolutely amazing song!

Thanks Michael, great to be introduced to a new band!! some cool bits at the beginning of the original video (Vevo) of the band setting up.

Welp, the love you showed to this piece has me hooked. I’m in.

Great read all around. Respect from a Manchester fan and guitar player!

Manchester Orchestra was without a doubt the best live show I have ever been too. To me they are on a different level.

Duuude Manchester Orchestra is awesome. This whole album (A Black Mile to the Surface) is great!

From the first time I heard this song, I was hooked. I've listened to it well over a hundred times and it's on my most listened-to list on Spotify. I don't really know anything about music except that I have loved her all my life. From the time I was in my pre-teens, I was singing along to my Barbie records, The Carpenters, and Patty Duke. Thank you for reacting to "The Silence," I had major goosebumps just as I did the first time I listened to it

MO are one of my favorite bands. I still listen to this whole album maybe once a month. One of the best all around albums ever written and recorded.

I’m l ready a huge Manchester fan. Welcome to this mind blowing band, loved seeing your reaction. ❤

Dude… so far, you’re responsible for around 70% of new music I’ve been introduced in the last two years.

I heard this song for the first time last year and I immediately had to have some of the words tattooed. I scheduled the appointment before the song even ended. Thats how much this song hit me.

You just managed to put into words the feelings I get from listening to this song (which I have loved for many years). Goosebumps every single time!

Quite simply one of the most evocative songs ever written. The music carries all of the emotion as it crescendos into that middle to late half. Brilliance that is nothing more than spine-tingling....every.....time....I ....listen....to....it.

Been listening to MO for almost 13 years and theyve been one of my favorite bands for right around 13 years lol, love to see them getting the appreciation they deserve

Yo Michael, literally just discovered this record and song today, and here you are. Stay in my mind man lol. Thanks for the content!!!

Love these guys! This was the first song of theirs that I came across and now I'm hooked! Michael - Have you ever explored any Thrice? Would absolutely LOVE to see you break down one of their songs. They've evolved a ton from their early days, but their new stuff is amazing as well. "Hurricane" would be my top choice, "Words in the Water" would be second, and I could go on, but I'll leave it there! (side note: hard to find quality live versions of most of their stuff)

Thanks for reacting to this, the song makes me cry it is so beautiful.

These are the most amazing musicians in the last 20 years. I found them on limewire after hearing Carrabba from Dashboard Confessional mention them in an interview for music he was listening to. That was Wolves at Night and I have been floored and in love since. We just saw them in Atlanta for Stuffing and it was the most transcendent experience of my life. To say they give me the feels is a gross understatement. They ignite within you and fill you with emotion exploding in vicarious love and passion.

I saw them at the Anthem in DC when Black Mile to the Surface came out. Amazing show. I first saw them at ACL festival in Austin and they were great and I became a fan. They have slowly become my favorite band.

Personal opinion here but this is an absolutely perfect song.

Manchester Orchestra is one of several great American rock bands of the 00's that have kind of glossed over by the industry, despite still cranking out great albums (Thrice comes to mind). Manchester Orchestra has many heavier rock songs with more guitar hooks than a tackle box, e.g. the entire Cope album. Listen to Shake It Out or The Gold or Tony The Tiger, I've got Friends...they are masters of the rock Ballad with songs like I Can Feel a Hot One....So many of those millennial rock band that are still making great rock are kind of pushed aside, despite evolving and growing as artists. I'm glad you are giving one of those bands some love...

LOVE to see Manchester Orchestra on here

so dope to see you do one of these guys' songs. a buddy of mine runs sound for them when they tour. he got me hooked on them a long time ago.

You kept talking about him preaching, oddly enough, Andy's father was a preacher. I've been a fan of this band for a long time now, and I don't know if I found another song writer of this generation that is better than he is. Can't wait to see them again. Thanks again for the video. Please keep giving us awesome content.

This album is such a beautiful collection of songs that build up to the culmination of this song at the end. I highly recommend listening to the whole thing.

Their album Simple Math is one of my favorite albums of all time. It's top 10 in my life anyhow.

best band on the planet, they never miss. Would love to see more reactions of their stuff. Great video, great great video.

Thank you Jeremy! LOVE Manchester

If you really want to see another couple examples of Tim Very's mastery of the kit, check out the songs "Leave it Alone" and "The Wolf" by Manchester Orchestra. Dude is a genius, he has such a mastery of grabbing you emotionally with his drumming-- something I've never quite experienced by another drummer.

His writing is top notch! I can't even put his genius into words.

Damn haha, I haven’t listened to this band in so long. They were really popular when I was in my early 20’s.

Andy Hull and Manchester Orchestra has been my favorite band since I first heard Like a Virgin in probably 2009. I love seeing people dissect and appreciate their music. It’s something truly special.

I repeatedly listen to tracks that Palmisano suggests, due to his reaction videos. It is rare that I hear him reacting to great music that I already know. Kudos to him for knowing how great Manchester orchestra is.

I can’t tell you how much I appreciated the fact that just listened and absorbed the experience of that song! It has so much meaning to many! I hope you are now enjoy them as much as we do.

When you're waiting for "the silence" in the room to dissipate. There is so much funk in the nuance, in "the silence." nice nice nice. love this video!

Their album “simple math” is a work of art.

Manchester Orchestra is one of my all time favorite bands. They are absolutely amazing and this reaction video was great!

Bro, I HATE reaction vids but this is so so so amazing. I was hooked when you started to play along. Amazing content.

If you want to hear what their drummer (Tim Very) can do, listen to The Wolf from Black Mile

Manchester Orchestra is such a damn good band. Damned underrated as well. Only found them by shear randomness a couple of years ago and I'm so hooked.

My favorite band of all time ‼️

manchester orchestra is the greatest band on earth

I really enjoyed this breakdown and especially the appreciation for Tim Very's drumming. It's such an important part of such an amazing song.

Dude - you are a great teacher - love your passion - Now, go listen to all of Manchester Orchestra's catalogue - put it in repeat!

Been waiting for years to hear this review... thank you @Jeremy Frick