M83

Electronic · 2001 · 13 tracks

M83

A murky, sample-heavy debut where cinematic dialogue meets glitchy shoegaze. It sounds like a memory of a city at night, blurred by reverb and digital grit.

It's like a shoegaze band tried to score a lost French noir film using only vintage synths and a sampler.

A submerged, nocturnal longing that feels like watching a city through a rain-streaked window.

M83 · vs · M83

Spoken Word+4.0σ

The vocals lean far further into spoken word than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks

01

Last Saturday

0:58

02

Night

5:47

03

At the Party

1:01

04

Kelly

4:27

05

Sitting

3:03

06

Facing That

7:35

07

Violet Tree

4:54

08

Staring at Me

1:37

09

I’m Getting Closer

5:20

10

She Stands Up

5:42

11

Carresses

6:31

12

My Face

1:39

13

I’m Happy, She Said / [unknown]

17:52

Moments Worth Waiting For

The way the dialogue about satellites and recovery procedures dissolves into the pulsing, distorted synth swell of 'Facing That'.

The hypnotic repetition of 'Do you think he still loves her?' over a driving, shoegaze-inflected beat in 'She Stands Up'.

The sudden transition from the brief, atmospheric 'Last Saturday' into the expansive, rhythmic sprawl of 'Night'.

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