Manchester Orchestra are a band who have very little to do with either of those things. Hailing from Atlanta, the band started life as a modest outlet for then 17 year old Andy Hull to vent his raging pubescent emotions. Since then, the band has morphed in to the fully fleshed out entity that it is today, shaking off any synonymity with bands such as Brand New and becoming one of the biggest names in American indie at the moment. Having been following the band since the early days, it's a wonder that I've yet to catch them live but tonight promises to change all that and despite any initial discrepancies about which Academy the gig is actually in, we descend the stairs down to Club Academy and are met with a much larger crowd than we anticipated.