{"product_id":"manchester-orchestra-im-like-a-virgin-losing-a-child-20th-anniversary-edition","title":"Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child (20th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat's most striking about \u003cstrong\u003eManchester Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e's debut full-length, \u003cem\u003eI'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe organ that swells throughout the album-opening \u003cem\u003e\"Wolves at Night\"\u003c\/em\u003e 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. Songs that begin as near-whispers swell into walls of sound, while the droning atmosphere of \u003cem\u003e\"Where Have You Been?\"\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\"I Can Barely Breathe\"\u003c\/em\u003e hint at the cinematic scale of the group's future even as quieter moments like \u003cem\u003e\"I Can Feel Your Pain\"\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e\"Sleeper 1972\"\u003c\/em\u003e elevate a delicate vulnerability that's long been the heart of \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Hull\u003c\/strong\u003e's songwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the album, Hull's words arrive with a startling maturity for a 19-year-old, yet they're cut with the wide-eyed urgency of someone experiencing adulthood in real time. As he grapples with spirituality, romance, identity and mortality — moving effortlessly between existential dread and full-hearted adoration, private reflection and a yearning to understand the world around him — he writes with remarkable honesty, never dulling the rawest edges of his emotions or worrying how they might be received.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's that transparency and fearlessness that helped \u003cem\u003eVirgin\u003c\/em\u003e transcend the scene that first embraced it. Word of mouth quickly carried the album far beyond the underground, 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 Leeds and a national TV debut on the Late Show with David Letterman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo celebrate that enduring legacy, Manchester Orchestra is marking \u003cem\u003eI'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child\u003c\/em\u003e's 20th anniversary with a deluxe reissue featuring all-new packaging, arriving alongside a series of special performances honoring the first entry in one of rock's most consistently adventurous catalogs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Favorite Gentlemen","offers":[{"title":"Burgundy Colour Vinyl 2LP","offer_id":59281680138585,"sku":"SDZ-51645","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gold Colour Vinyl 2LP","offer_id":59281680171353,"sku":"SDZ-51646","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/REP_20260902_1537_144024_447_v_0840526514861_002.jpg?v=1788361758","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/manchester-orchestra-im-like-a-virgin-losing-a-child-20th-anniversary-edition","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}