M83?

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.

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 last thing I think of when I think of M83 is samples, tbh

synth swells and gated drums, sure

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.

ah I see, there are a bunch of M83 albums I didn't know existed, lol

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 !)

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.

"Teen Angst" is on the third album, fyi

oh yeah. always forget about the very first one.

listening to Digital Shades atm and am very glad dude discovered drum machines

I think Midnight City has been forever spoilt for me after seeing that guy "auditioning" for it on youtube...

huh ?

http://youtu.be/qWTLSZottgc

oops
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ok, i give up

I only got about 5 seconds into that once the song started

BIG mistake (that is if you are at all into yelping)

people that yelp are scumbags

So are these dudes any good live? Really want them to be, because I heart the new record so much.

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.

I wish I lived in your city.

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

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.

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.

In case anyone missed this, full video of M83 at Coachella:

http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-m83s-entire-coachella-performance/64356/

Don't know if it's from a forthcoming new album, but it's good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLuLEgtDPVQ

its from the score he wrote for Oblivion

susanne sundfør is great. feeling this.

You don't expect to hear M83 in a Persil advert.

... it has made me intrigued to hear the album, mind.

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.

Are they trying to muscle in on Cut Copy's territory?

I almost said the same thing but with Hot Chip instead.

And for a brief moment I forgot that Hot Chip and Cut Copy were different bands.

Why does every new pop artist sound like Supertramp? Is there a new plug-in or something?

And for a brief moment I forgot that Hot Chip and Cut Copy were different bands.

lol i just had this moment, and i've listened extensively to both

2016 seems to be the year of me landing on the wrong side of every critical consensus because I like this album a lot

i actually do too. first four tracks i think are some of gonzalez's best songs ever

Me too loved Animal Collective and this one but they both get bad reviews.

i mean it coheres less than his other records and feels like a product of frustration but the songs are stronger imo

the song with Beck reminds of french shitty marriage songs

The Beck song sound the most like something that wouldn't be that out of place on Random Access Memories.

Random Access Memories reminds me of french shitty marriage songs

the susanne sundfør track sounds like bonnie raitt in space, which is my aesthetic

I have no idea what "french shitty marriage songs" are but I probably like them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSAuNQ3lgB4&list=PL55FF6DF555809282

meant to link to that Stop Lucie song. not the entire playlist.

some gems in that playlist actually. not saying it's all terrible, but it's inherently hit or miss for me, and when it misses it misses hard. i think Junk mines way more of that than anglo critics will care to search for.

the beck song is super nice

ok yes french shitty wedding songs kick ass