Hurry Up We’re Dreaming is M83s sixth album and a double album at that! The brains behind M83 is Anthony Gonzalez, another French musical wizard (see Daft Punk, Air, Phoenix) and he may well have crafted the album of 2011. Sorry to delve straight in with telling you how good it is, I just couldn’t contain myself!
Gonzalez said that when he heard the Smashing Pumpkins double album, melon collie and the infinite sadness he knew that one day he had to make a double album himself. Smashing Pumpkins, I thank you!
The album, following the theme of dreams, is hard to pin down musically. Overall, it has an 80s Europop feel to it, which may sound naff, but is interwoven with different genres throughout which makes it sound completely fresh and surprises you at every turn.
The opening track, Intro, sounds like something that could have been on any one of Peter Gabriel’s albums from the late 80s while Wait sounds like something the Fleet Foxes would play on their farm! Some of the instrumental moments wouldn’t be out of place on Vangelis’ Bladerunner soundtrack, while When Will You Come Home sounds like Jean Michel Jarre…I know!
The fact that M83 has toured with the Killers (beginning of New Map could be a Killer’s track), Kings of Leon and Depeche Mode just goes to show how eclectic their music in. It seems very unfair of me to compare the album to all these other bands and musicians, it is its own unique beast and one you’ve probably not heard of before, but once it’s claws get gripped in to you, you’ll be extremely pleased.
It has everything you could want, synths, rock, country 80s funk (Claudia Lewis) and more. This is a stunningly beautiful album, that suprises you on every track. I can’t recommend it enough.
Stand out tracks: Midnight City and OK Pal
No comments:
Post a Comment