Claude says:Andy Hull started Manchester Orchestra in Atlanta's suburbs while teaching himself at home during senior year, naming the project after The Smiths' Manchester and the idea of friends rotating through like an orchestra. The Way is a brief, subdued alt-rock track — gentle verses that open up into a skyward chorus, the kind of emotional swell the band's been refining since the mid-2000s. You gave it a try in summer 2026, came back once or twice, but it never quite stuck.