M83?

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

idk i guess there's a "tastelessness" to this record that people aren't willing to cross over into unless its radiating through some other cloud of aesthetics e.g. bon iver and bruce hornsby?

well I mean the taste thing was a given ever since midnight city became what it did

The early Verge review was negative, but the rest seem positive.

I LOVE it.

There are a lot of moments that sound like extrapolations of Daft Punk / Paul Williams "Touch".

Beck is doing his best Sebastien Tellier on the verses.

There are a lot of moments that sound like extrapolations of Daft Punk / Paul Williams "Touch".

oh no 😱😢

oh yeah

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

aww

It took me a while to put my finger on who Laser Gun reminded me of, figured it was Annie, i'm relieved.

This sounds like ELO + 10000Hz Legend-era Air, which is totally fine by me.

Holy shit! Need to listen to this then. ELO + my fave Air album?! Hell yes.

the susanne sundfør track sounds like bonnie raitt in space

I can't ever listen to this song now because there's no way it will really live up to that description.

I had tuned out after Sat.=Youth and I'm now pretty baffled to see where M83's at these days.
Poster upthread OTM re. french wedding songs. A couple of tunes are definitely pastiche of 80's French Top 40 (eg Etienne Daho).

Glad to see some 10,0000Hz the Legend love.

this was always my favorite french bonnie raitt in space track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsyGKD-G3I0

I will allow that "Bibi the Dog" is kind of terrible. The line is pretty thin with stuff like this.

Ah no this is great! Not sure about the ELO/Air comparison but more like Daft Punk if they had done the last one right ( yeah. I wasn't a fan) with extra cheese and neon.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKmv0Z0WsAU-IZ0.jpg

I am 15 seconds into this and my initial reaction is that I do not listen to M83 for this

Yeah, file under the category of "You know that thing we do well that you like so much? Well, we're not going to do it, nyah!"

Change Is Good! Change Is Good!