M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming |
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1. Intro (feat. Zola Jesus)
2. Midnight City
3. Reunion
4. Where the Boats Go
5. Wait
6. Raconte-Moi Histoire
7. Train to Pluton
8. Claudia Lewis
9. This Bright Flash
10. When Will You Come Home?
11. Soon, My Friend
1. My Tears Are Becoming a Sea
2. New Map
3. OK Pal
4. Another Wave From You
5. Splendor
6. Year One, One UFO
7. Fountains
8. Steve McQueen
9. Echoes of Mine
10. Klaus I Love You
11. Outro
| Ranking: #47 for 2011 | |
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| Summary: Soon, my friend. |
5 of 5 thought this review was well written
After ten years and six proper full-lengths Anothony Gonzalez has finally reached the apex of childlike wonder via sweeping emotional landscapes of reverberated electronic post-rock. Granted few other artists have tried as hard as he has to capture the essence of innocence with grandiose dramatics but with his sixth album as M83 Gonzalez has truly reached his goal. The inner beatings of Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming are that of the children chosen to adorn the album’s cover. Clad in costume patiently (though not pleasantly) awaiting their break from the mundane and adventure into fantasy. They are not simply sitting around begrudgingly waiting for time to pass by, they are looking to you, the listener, to quit the procrastination and give into the elegant escape that is M83’s newest record. Gonzalez breathes life into these children through blaring guitars, crashing drums, glistening synthesizers and a ***ing spot-on track about becoming a frog.
Once Nicolas Fromageau parted ways with Gonzalez in the wake of the well-deserved critical acclaim and globe-spanning tour schedule for their sophomore release Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts (2003) M83 took a very distinct turn. In the form of graduated focus, especially in regards to conventionalizing the song-structure--M83 oddly became a pop act. Not that Gonzalez never had it in him, even with their supremely synthetic self-titled debut he displayed a talent for boiling up some heat for Fromageau’s more mellow tones. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming in comparison is a wildfire to a convection oven. Unlike 2008’s slightly misguided albeit giddily rewarding Saturdays=Youth Gonzalez does not cop out at his exploration of our formative years. Digging past those awkward teenage days aiming square at pure childhood enthusiasm and exploding on contact; the albums two discs, great individually or coupled, explore depths of innocence and honest amazement few have achieve without sounding innately childish. This is big, bombastic music, as panoramic as anything M83 has created before, maybe even more so, yet Gonzalez is able to ground himself in the realms of honest imagination, unabashed merriment and blissful ignorance. Yet not in the sense of the moronic but the unknown; he approaches his music as a child excited to learn.
In a sense M83 has fully matured in realizing their full potential to act like children. Gonzalez has at this point for many exhausted the argument of: “Is he better off without Fromageau?” As Nicolas is doing decently for himself with his new act Team Ghost the discussion’s outcome seems moot. Gonzalez from album to album adopts a different persona; rarely taking the time to harp on it (save a few interviews here and there) he is able to undercut the fact by simply producing excellent material. Even as I sit here and gush about how well this recently thirty year-old man is able to transport himself (and more importantly you) to a bubbly time of careless fancy-free the music is extremely well arranged. At twenty-two tracks the multi-instrumentalist constructs a flowing epic, intertwined in webs of cavernous synths and cascading drums. As a single piece Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming works excellently and if you feel the need to cut it up “Intro,” “Midnight City,” “OK Pal,” “Raconte-Moi Une Histoire,” “Year One, One UFO” and “Steve McQueen” are just a small collection of standouts from a record that seems limitless in its ability to excite and entrance. Which really is the purveying essence of Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming: to keep you enticed by simple enjoyment, just like playing tag as a child, innocent, pointless fun--brought to you by way of exceptional synth lines and one artist’s infinite imagination.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Hyperbole I know.
but I never submit these things anymore.
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haven't had the time to sit through this whole thing
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I think you'd love it buddeh.
reminds me a bit of Sunny Day In Glasgow meets Washed Out.
omfg pop explosion.
| | | Album Rating: 4
Great review. I guess 4.5 is the reviewer consensus
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Granted few other artist
*artists
Other than that, your furry best man
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Danke Senor, appreciate the catch : )
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"and give into the elegant escape at is M83’s newest record. "
Did you mean "that is M83's"?
Great review man
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| | | Album Rating: 4.5
Yes...I'm looking at my .doc file and it doesn't have that error
thanks in any event.
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
Might end up getting this. I only listened once but enjoyed it quite a bit.
Digging: The Walkmen - Heaven | | | Album Rating: 1
Good album. If only Gonzalez could catch this music in production that does it more favors (a la Ashes Grammar).
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
I almost could view this as a girthier ashes' production wise. This feels more full, less sporadic in comparison.
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
.. much love yeti! I'm close to listening to this.
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Fine work there Yeti
Edit: oh, would you look at those last three posters : )
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dylan sighting makes me happy
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reminds me a bit of Sunny Day In Glasgow meets Washed Out.
im liking the scope but man this album is loooong and i dont have that much time
i need to wait for a plane ride or something
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
found it pretty easy to dissect in pieces.
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
I'm listening to this right now Dylan. Love the innocent nature of these tracks, specifically "Raconte-Moi Une Histoire". It's perfect in its placement on the first disc.
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
^couldn't agree more homie.
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