I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child (20th Anniversary) [Gold Vinyl LP]

Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child (20th Anniversary) [Gold Vinyl LP]

What's most striking about Manchester Orchestra's debut full-length, I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child, isn't how much the Atlanta-based group have evolved in the two decades since its release, but how much of their identity was already there from the very beginning. Recorded without a label, outside expectations or even a surplus of material, the album found the band embracing spontaneity over perfection.

The organ that swells throughout the album-opening "Wolves at Night" recalls the band's Southern gospel upbringing, but when laid atop a dirty, downtuned guitar riff indebted to '90s fuzz, it creates competing impulses that ripple through every corner of the record. To celebrate that enduring legacy, Manchester Orchestra is marking the album's 20th anniversary with a deluxe reissue featuring all-new packaging.