| Release Date: | 101626 |
| Currently: | In stock |
| Please Note: | LIMITED EDITION |
October 16th 2026
Indie Exclusive 2LP Burgundy Vinyl, Deluxe Reissue
What's most striking about Manchester Orchestra's 2006 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 and, in the process, establishing the emotional and sonic hallmarks that would become their defining quality. 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 1990s fuzz, it creates competing impulses that ripple through every corner of the record. It's that transparency and fearlessness that helped the album transcend the scene that first embraced it, leading to its re-release through the band's Favorite Gentlemen imprint in partnership with Canvasback/Sony and paving the way for tours with Kings Of Leon, appearances at festivals like Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and Reading and a national TV debut on the Late Show with David Letterman.
To celebrate that enduring legacy, Manchester Orchestra is marking the album's 20th anniversary with a deluxe reissue featuring all-new packaging, arriving alongside a series of special performances honouring the first entry in one of rock's most consistently adventurous catalogues.
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