On July 21, 2017, “Favorite Gentlemen” label released “A Black Mile to the Surface”, the fifth Manchester Orchestra studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Favorite Gentlemen” in Atlanta, “Echo Mountain” in Asheville,  and  “Elmwood West” in Dallas, and was produced by  Andy Hull, Robert McDowell and Catherine Marks.

Personnel:

• Andy Hull– vocals, guitar
• Robert McDowell– vocals, guitar, keyboards, engineer
• Andy Prince – bass
• Tim Very – drums
• Catherine Marks– engineer, mixing
• Jim Georgeson, Clay Miller – engineer assistant
• Paul Blakemore – mastering
• The Daniels, Mike Dempsey – package design, photography
• Brian Manley  – layout, package design
• John Congleton, Dan Hannon, Jonathan Wilson – additional production

Track listing:

All tracks by Andy Hull.

1. The Maze
2. The Gold
3. The Moth
4. Lead, SD
5. The Alien
6. The Sunshine
7. The Grocery
8. The Wolf
9. The Mistake
10. The Parts
11. The Silence