M83 - “Mirrors” | This was released last fri. on record day. This is also one of my first music posts where i’m posting a song that actually, i do not like. Dont get me wrong, i luv m83, i even had a great time at their live shows. Twice in the last yr.. Unfortunately their last tour consist of going through Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, where’ their hit song Midnight City has def. propel them into mainstream EDM territory. This new song, Mirror, is clearly no Moonchild or Kelly. Songs that originally made me fall for M83, their uncanny ability to merge electronics and a sort of Post-Rock. Their old stuff is the type of music u left urself get lost in. Their new stuff, like Mirrors, is the type of music u dance to. Still Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming has a few good gems when M83 slows down like Wait and Echoes of Mine.
I luv seeing a band going into fame, making more $$ and making more music. But its always a shame to see that they have to do so by changing their style, specially the style i luv them for in the first place. I guess i’m hoping that they stay true, keep a few tracks in the old style and get famous w/ saxophone filled, pop EDM song that can be used as Victoria Secret commercial songs on the side.
STAY TRUE, m83!
M83 - “Let Men Burn Stars/Slight Night Shiver” | Still in my full immersion of M83, in prep for the concert. I forgotten how much why i fell in luv with the band; mainly it was due hearing Before the Dawn Heals Us. Prob one of my fav albums of the aughts, this alnum was an epic night journey in itself. Like the coverart, the whole album exist in a magical moment where you and the night are the only two creatures. You see everything in the shade of lights and darkness and wonder through whatever it is in ur mind, the kind of reflection u only get when u are alone, facing a grandiose reality. Anyways, this is why i always “u must let ur self bathe in the music.” Its about surrendering to it and let it wash over u.
M83 - “Raconte-Moi Une Histoire” | One of the happier songs from M83 latest album, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. I’ve been spamming this album on loop, preparing for their concert. It isnt as epic as Before the Dawn heals Us or Dead Cities. But the 2 disc album packs a lot more introspection. One of my track is still prob the mellow acoustics of Wait or Echoes of Mine, a classic M83 track filled with layers and layers of synth epicness, all surrounded by narration.
