Favorite New Music: M83
posted by The JoeTuesday, April 15th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
M83
Saturdays=Youth
Mute
2008
01. “You, Appearing”
02. “Kim & Jessie”
03. “Skin of the Night”
04. “Graveyard Girl”
05. “Couleurs”
06. “Up!”
07. “We Own the Sky”
08. “Highway of Endless Dreams”
09. “Too Late”
10. “Dark Moves of Love”
11. “Midnight Souls Still Remain”
Continuing his evolution after going solo with Before the Dawn Heals Us, French musician Anthony Gonzales’ M83 reins back the epic feel of previous albums for a more synth-pop love letter to the 80s. And with this in mind, Gonzales exceeds brilliantly in exactly what he set out to do. The album blends together in a dreamy haze, recalling teenage nostalgia without any semblance of cynicism which his earlier, harsher work would have been in danger of evoking. The slow-burn atmospherics are still apparent, of course, only now they’re blended with a stronger focus and song structure. While this won’t be what some fans expect after what’s come before, Saturdays=Youth shows that Gonzales can broaden his style in seemingly any way that seems fit to his vision.
Stream: M83 - “Couleurs”
“Graveyard Girl”
“You, Appearing” (Put to Werner Herzog’s Cobra Verde)