Likes: it gets better toward the end, but man...what was that? As said above, I was waiting for someone to tap me on the shoulder the whole time I was listening. I'm scared now.
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it gets better toward the end, but man...what was that? As said above, I was waiting for someone to tap me on the shoulder the whole time I was listening. I'm scared now.
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I'm really surprised by all the dislike here of "Do It, Try It" – it's definitely a departure from the last album, but I'm excited by that more than anything. M83's strength is obviously the shamelessly epic stuff, but Anthony's been doing that since Before the Dawn Heals Us, right? At this point, I'm totally down for a no-fucks-given LP, for better or worse.
JMJ produced again, and you can hear him and Anthony enjoying themselves, so I have a feeling that was a mandate they instilled early on in the writing/recording.
Also, I'm crazy excited that M83 will be my first ever show at Red Rocks in May
Last edited by Deadpool; 03-18-2016 at 10:57 AM.
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Not sure how I feel about this new song, but at least I feel *something*. The last M83 album bored me to tears.
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Ok now THIS is a fantastic track. Instantly I like this one way more than Do It Try It. Gorgeous track.
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better. but not what we're looking for completely. I want to hear more.
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And not a Vancouver date to be found....blast.
M83 2016 Tour Dates:
04/06 – New Orleans, LA @ The Civic Theatre *
04/08 – Dallas, TX @ Bomb Factory *
04/09 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
04/10 – Austin, TX @ Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater *
04/12 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre *
04/13 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre *$
04/15 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04/16 – Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl *
04/17 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater *
04/22 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04/23 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Club *
04/25 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater *
04/26 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater *
04/27 – Missoula, MT @ The Wilma Theatre *
04/29 – Edmonton, AB @ Winspear Centre !
04/30 – Calgary, AB @ Grey Eagle Event Centre !
05/04 – Hong Kong, CN @ Kitec Star Hall
05/07 – Kuala Lumpur, MY @ KL Live
05/10 – Melbourne, AU @ Forum Melbourne
05/11 – elbourne, AU @ Forum Melbourne
05/14 – Brisbane, AU @ Tivoli
05/16 – Sydney, AU @ Enmore Theatre
05/19 – Sentosa, SG @ Hard Rock Coliseum
05/21 – Jarkata, ID @ Lapangan D
05/24 – Seoul, KR @ Blue Square – Samsung Card Hall
05/26 – Tokyo, JP @ Studio Coast
05/28 – Quincy, WA @ Sasquatch! Music Festival
05/30 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Great Saltair #
05/31 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre #
06/01 – Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland #
06/03 – Columbus, OH @ Express Live!
06/04 – New York, NY @ Governors Ball Music Festival
06/06 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE #
06/07 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s #
06/08 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues #
06/10 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
06/11 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
06/12 – Richmond, VA @ The National
06/14 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
06/15 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
06/16 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion ^
06/18 – Dover, DE @ Firefly Music Festival
06/28 – Istanbul, TR @ Zorlu Center for the Performing Arts
06/30 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/01-03 – Marmande, FR @ Garorock Festival
07/01-03 – Belfort, FR @ Les Eurockeenes Festival
07/07 – Bilbao, ES @ BBK Live Festival
07/09 – Lisbon, PT @ NOS Alive! Festival
07/14-17 – Ostrava, CZ @ Colours of Ostrava Festival
07/15 – Gräfenhainchen, DE @ Melt! Festival
07/17 – Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival
07/20 – Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point
07/23 – Oro-Medonte, ON @ WayHome Music & Arts Festival
07/24 – Detroit, MI @ MoPop Festival
07/25 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
07/27 – Council Bluffs, IA @ Stir Cove
07/29-31 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
08/10 – Oslo, NO @ Øya Festival
08/11 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West Festival
08/13 – Helsinki, FI @ Flow Festival
08/15 – Budapest, HU @ Sziget Festival
08/19 – Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop
08/20-21 – Sankt Polten, AT @ Frequency Festival
08/20-21 – Biddinghuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
08/24 – Zurich, CH @ Zurich Openair Festival
08/25-28 – Charleville-Mézières, FR @ Le Cabaret Vert
* = w/ YACHT
$ = w/ Børns
# = w/ Bob Moses
^ = w/ Tame Impala
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Obviously playing Lolla.
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New track "Go!", featuring Steve Vai.
Trollhunter
Best song on Junk thus far.
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Agreed, but still not what we're looking for. This seems it's not going to be as much a mix of their dramatic/dark stuff coupled with pop, just their take on straight pop. Hope I'm wrong.
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It has leaked.
And it's not good.
The whole album is basically like, he took all the fun cheese factor from Midnight City and ramped it up to 15 while sucking all the joy and fun out of it, making something incredibly awkward and cringeworthy instead. Theres a handful of standout tracks, but for the most part, I honestly don't see myself coming back to this album.
Unbelievably huge let down of an album. Hopefully seeing M83 play these songs live will change my opinion on it? But I don't know. I don't see why anyone would want an entire album that sounds like the Whose The Boss theme.
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I liked
Last edited by Q-NeilL; 04-09-2016 at 01:18 AM.
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M83's performance at Coachella was AWESOME (at least by watching it on the live youtube stream Friday night). They only played Do It, Try It & Go! from the new record b/c their set is shorter than their headline tour, but Go! at least worked really well live. Do It, Try It is still a pile of shit though. The older material (primarily Hurry Up... though) still kicks ass. Kaela Sinclair's voice is no joke....def. a solid replacement for Morgan Kibby. She can wail.
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The vocoder on that song: perfection! Instant standout.Originally Posted by Q-NeilL
I'm loving the new album, and can't wait to crank it to deafening levels during many a summer drive. I know the warm weather will only make me love it more.
I keep coming back to "Laser Gun" lately – it's a great companion to "Go!" The Susanne Sundfør track gets better with each listen.
Trollhunter
I'm really digging the album minus "Do It, Try It." It's funky and fun. It's not as good as the last two albums but still a blast. "Road Blaster" is the best.
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Finally got around to listening to Junk. The tracks that dial down the sugary sweetness just a bit are really good. I think it's a little too long though. Shave off tracks like Do It, Try It and a couple others, and you'd have something really good, but as it stands, you have something that doesn't quite work as a whole.
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It's clearly their worst album, and thats including their sdtk work for me. I feel like even if you like it (and i hate it, although watching some of the songs live online they worked better), everyone acknowledges it's their worst release. It's kept me from seeing them live since it came out, and M83 was one of my favorite live acts prior. Bum out.
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New Digital Shades coming Sept 20th
http://m83.it/M83DSVIIFa
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Everything he has written in that post leads me to believe that this is the album that I wanted instead of Junk. I'm excited.
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He had me at Solomon's Key and Phantasm. Fuck yes!
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Revisited "Junk" again this year ... call it an unpopular opinion, but I think it's one of their best.
FATUM NOS IUNGET
New album 'Fantasy' drops March 17.
M83 2023 Tour Dates:
04/10 — Phoenix, AZ @ Van Buren
04/11 — Albuquerque, NM @ Revel
04/13 — San Antonio, TX @ Aztec
04/14 — Austin, TX @ Stubbs
04/15 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
04/16 — Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues
04/18 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
04/19 — Atlanta, GA @ Eastern
04/21 — Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin
04/22 — Washington, DC @ Anthem
04/23 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
04/25 — New York, NY @ Terminal 5
04/28 — Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
04/29 — Toronto, ON @ History
04/30 — Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
05/02 — Chicago, IL @ Riviera
05/03 — St. Paul, MN @ Palace
05/05 — Denver, CO @ Mission
05/06 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Ogden Twilight
05/08 — Portland, OR @ Schnitzer
05/09 — Vancouver, BC @ Commodore
05/10 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
05/14 — Pasa Robles, CA @ Paso Robles Winery
05/16 — San Francisco, CA @ Fox Theater
06/07 — Sigulda, LV @ Sigulda Castle
06/08 — Vilnius, LT @ Lukiskes Prison
06/10 — Helsinki, FI @ Helsinki Sideways Festival
06/24 — Výstaviště Praha, CZ @ Metronome Festival
07/07 — Hérouville-Saint-Clair, FR @ Beauregard Festival
08/12 — Trenčín, SK @ Grape Festival
08/13 — Budapest, HU @ Sziget Festival
tempus est umbra in mente
wait, they're not playing anywhere in the greater Los Angeles area, but they're playing at the Pasa Robles Winery? That actually sounds cool, but I don't know if I can get a crew together for that drive.
If I could go to one tour date on here though it would be that castle in Latvia. That sounds really cool.
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They will be performing at the Just Like Heaven festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
https://www.reddit.com/r/JustLikeHea...for_2023_fest/
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I'm there (the Vilnius date). If it's anything like that time I've seen them at a festival (in 2016), it's gonna be amazing.
tempus est umbra in mente
They're always amazing live
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Sounds like a return to form. I will be away for the NYC date so I gotta figure something else out.
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artist pre-sale starts in 5 minutes. Code is FANTASY.
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