The California-based four-piece formed in 1998 and quickly exploded onto the modern rock and heavy music scenes with their 2001 full-length debut, Identity Crisis, which was followed by fan-favorite scorchers The Illusion of Safety (2002) and The Artist In The Ambulance (2003), as well as the breathtakingly brilliant Vheissu (2005). The Alchemy Index's Fire and Water installments introduced the album's elaborate concept in 2007, and then Earth and Air completed the project's scope in 2008. Thrice toured extensively in support of Alchemy, including a national headlining run with Circa Survive and Pelican in support, as well as high-profile support slots with Brand New and Rise Against, in addition to appearances on this summer's Warped Tour. Mean Everything To Nothing , the second album from Atlanta's Manchester Orchestra, is everything you want a rock record to be: raw, urgent, emotional, and 100 percent authentic. "There is nothing fake about this record," says frontman and lyricist Andy Hull. "There's not one fake sound on it. We recorded it live because we wanted it to sound like a band, and I think it does: live and loud!"