"Claudia Lewis" reminds me a bit of the Ford and Lopatin album (which is obv. influenced by a ton of 80s stuff).
― A Lip in the Blandscape (jaymc), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
Man, there are some absolutely fantastic moments on here ("Steve McQueen", "Wait", "Intro", "Claudia Lewis", "Midnight Sun"), but enough clunkers to really keep it from being as exciting as it could be from start to finish. I know its cliche to trot this out for every double-album ever, but there is a seriously amazing single disc in here somewhere.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 25 October 2011 03:57 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it's definitely overstuffed.
― A Lip in the Blandscape (jaymc), Tuesday, 25 October 2011 04:05 (twelve years ago) link
haven't bothered to read this thread yet, but...
there was an ilx mbv thread in which nabisco waxed poetically about how "when you sleep" had this ecstatic-sounding refrain. which kinda carried the song
and i think that there are a couple of tracks on hurry up that do that thing. also using the same devices maybe-- sequencer-driven refrain interposed with somewhat understated verses (though for sure less guitar-driven). i know i've heard "midnight city" before when i was out, at least i think i have... but at home actually sitting down and listening to it, i think it captures that expansive euphoric feeling so well. hard to argue with.
think it's even a more potent distillate than some of those loveless tracks. crack/powder analogy IF YOU WILL
― dell (del), Saturday, 11 February 2012 02:37 (twelve years ago) link
My problem with the album is the angsty yelpy vocals as apposed to the calmer whispery delivery on all the past albums that were great because they contrasted the epic-ness of the songs so well. Makes them sound less mature without at least one element of the music holding back a bit.
― Evan, Saturday, 11 February 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i think i get what you're saying, but i feel the opposite. like i love that there's not much subtlety. fits in with the vibe. like dude was just bursting at the seams and couldn't contain himself and so the songs are just OUT THERE HUGE
― dell (del), Sunday, 12 February 2012 06:40 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I mean I like Midnight City and a few other songs I don't know by name, but that whole approach drives him closer to a 2000s era mall-emo synth band kind of aesthetic in my honest opinion!
― Evan, Sunday, 12 February 2012 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
Also, wordless anthemic Coldplay vox.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 February 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
Been loving this star for quit a long whileIt's still OK. The mine he's seaming.
Could do better though
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Sunday, 12 February 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I think I get that. Like in Midnight City the synth sound is almost generic "bangers by rote" setting or something
but i have listened to it a thousand times over the past few days, and each time it gets better. but maybe it just speaks to some part of me. or maybe i am just trying to annoy my neighbors in a semi-original way
― dell (del), Sunday, 12 February 2012 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
I dl this album, listened to some of the tracks and haven't got back to it since. I liked some of their previous stuff and in theory I should like this but I agree that it's too... "too much" !I can't really stand the guy's voice on this and the whole production/arrangements just get on my nerves after a (short) while.
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
Raconte-Moi Des Histoire came on random the other day and it epitomises what irks me about this guy. I know not all his songs are like this, but I had the first album, and it was pretty good if a bit slow and lacking in oomph, and then the second one had all these cheesy samples that jut out like sore thumbs. Something really euro-90s about his style, kind of reminds me of the same aesthetic Aeroplane went with on their album.
― The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
the last thing I think of when I think of M83 is samples, tbh
synth swells and gated drums, sure
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
no problems with that (although the wet wet drums are enough) but I remember it was the samples on that second album that stopped me enjoying it.
― The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
ah I see, there are a bunch of M83 albums I didn't know existed, lol
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
the previous album had good moments but was already very borderline for me. this latest one kinda jumped the shark (but good for them since it made them famous !)
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 13 February 2012 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
I think it was "Teen Angst" (can't remember?) but there was loads of screaming samples and these ratty drums that reminded me of bad industrial metal from the mid-90s, and - I dunno, I could tell what he was going for but it just wasn't working.
― The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
"Teen Angst" is on the third album, fyi
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah. always forget about the very first one.
― The Invisible Superstars (dog latin), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
listening to Digital Shades atm and am very glad dude discovered drum machines
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
I think Midnight City has been forever spoilt for me after seeing that guy "auditioning" for it on youtube...
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
huh ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
http://youtu.be/qWTLSZottgc
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
oops<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qWTLSZottgc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 14:20 (twelve years ago) link
ok, i give up
I only got about 5 seconds into that once the song started
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
BIG mistake (that is if you are at all into yelping)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
people that yelp are scumbags
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
So are these dudes any good live? Really want them to be, because I heart the new record so much.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
i hear midnight city every time i walk into a store, turn on the radio, or basically leave my house. enough.
I saw them live after the second album, they were great but there was something canned about the performance, I remember; lots of backing tracks. it was still pretty good. no idea what he/they are like now.
― akm, Thursday, 29 March 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
I wish I lived in your city.
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 29 March 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
they were pretty good when I saw them at Lollapalooza 2005 after Before the Dawn Heals Us and they were really good, particularly for playing early in the afternoon heat, a setting that did no favors for this type of stuff
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
After years of waiting for a chance I finally saw them some weeks ago at an indoor festival in Cologne. So maybe shorter set, not full stage setup, stronger emphasis on the new album and thus to be honest not the great revelation I had always imagined.
Gonzalez pretty much up to 11 in everything he's doing, constantly changing snow white instruments, climbing monitor speakers, praying etc., quite entertaining. Apart from that I don't remember any breathtaking visual stuff, which was a bit of a letdown. As akm mentioned the majority of the synths and effects seemed to be pre-recorded, not surprising considering apart from Gonzalez there was only drummer, bassist and the pretty keyboard singer on stage. Very good thing she's apparently still on board, but in a way it only increases the pain thinking about how great the new album could have been without the yelps and with some actual singing.
Still thinking about visiting the Primavera Festival only to see these guys play directly besides the Mediterranean sea.
― the europan nikon is here (grauschleier), Monday, 2 April 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://fororchestra.bandcamp.com/track/m83-midnight-city-for-orchestra
Just heard this. Rolled my eyes when I saw it because "____ for Orchestra" versions are rarely any good, but this guy got it right. Too bad it's probably a Logic recording and not a real orchestra.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 16 April 2012 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
In case anyone missed this, full video of M83 at Coachella:
http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-m83s-entire-coachella-performance/64356/
― the europan nikon is here (grauschleier), Monday, 16 April 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
Don't know if it's from a forthcoming new album, but it's good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLuLEgtDPVQ
― LeRooLeRoo, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 00:20 (eleven years ago) link
its from the score he wrote for Oblivion
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 00:26 (eleven years ago) link
susanne sundfør is great. feeling this.
― chilli, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 02:53 (eleven years ago) link
You don't expect to hear M83 in a Persil advert.
― djh, Sunday, 1 September 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
... it has made me intrigued to hear the album, mind.
― djh, Monday, 2 September 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
Not quite sure how I feel about this new song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryh9rkIRGUs
On the plus side, it looks like Susanne Sundfor is featured on one song on the upcoming album.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 1 March 2016 20:23 (eight years ago) link
Are they trying to muscle in on Cut Copy's territory?
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Tuesday, 1 March 2016 20:32 (eight years ago) link
I almost said the same thing but with Hot Chip instead.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 1 March 2016 20:38 (eight years ago) link
And for a brief moment I forgot that Hot Chip and Cut Copy were different bands.
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 1 March 2016 20:43 (eight years ago) link
Why does every new pop artist sound like Supertramp? Is there a new plug-in or something?
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 1 March 2016 20:47 (eight years ago) link
lol i just had this moment, and i've listened extensively to both
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Tuesday, 1 March 2016 20:56 (eight years ago) link
2016 seems to be the year of me landing on the wrong side of every critical consensus because I like this album a lot
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Friday, 8 April 2016 19:40 (eight years ago) link
i actually do too. first four tracks i think are some of gonzalez's best songs ever
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 8 April 2016 19:45 (eight years ago) link
Me too loved Animal Collective and this one but they both get bad reviews.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 8 April 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
i mean it coheres less than his other records and feels like a product of frustration but the songs are stronger imo
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 8 April 2016 19:47 (eight years ago) link