M83 / Junk
Album: Junk   Collection:General
Artist:M83   Added:Apr 2016
Label:Mute Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2016-05-09 Pull Date: 2016-07-10
Week Ending: Jul 10 Jul 3 Jun 26 Jun 19 Jun 12 Jun 5 May 29 May 22
Airplays: 2 1 1 2 3 4 2 4

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 26, 2016: deep storage
Laser Gun
4. Jul 08, 2016: Kick Out The Blues
Do It, Try It
2. Jul 18, 2016: ZoëRadio
Go!
5. Jul 03, 2016: Wolfe Calls
Do It, Try It
3. Jul 15, 2016: Kick Out The Blues
Do It, Try It
6. Jun 29, 2016: The School of Classic Rock
Do It, Try It

Album Review
DJ Muscat
Reviewed 2016-05-06
Genre: glow sticks, shag rugs, 80’s, kitsch, pop signifiers

M83 rocked the indie (and also mainstream) world with the single “Midnight City” from his last ambitious double album. “Junk” sees him picking up on some of those textures (synths, sax, woops) going right for the cheesiness jugular. Some of it works reeeeally well and hits you right in the lizard brain, whereas as other parts sound like the scenes you wished you had forgotten from Footloose. Maybe you’re less cynical than me though and will embrace the whole album. ANYWAY the highlighted tracks below are all great.

Favorites: 2, 1, 9, 10, 4, 7. No FCCs.

Others: Daft Punk, Air, Neon Indian

1. (3:38) *** Do it Try it - Big stark piano chords. Gets slightly jazzy and uptempo. Ramps up to a bassy chorus. Super catchy track. Nice delay of gratification before a final massive chorus.
2. (3:56) **** Go! - Female vox. Really like this one. We’ve got sax, synths, and a guitar solo from Steve Vai….so the cheese is as cranked up as it can be but that doesn’t keep it from being totally infectious.
3. (4:49) Walkaway Blues - Groovy and sultry. Mournful…in a vocoder sort of way.
4. (3:54) ** Bibi the Dog - This one is just so damn cute. Nice beat, french spoken vox. Spooky kitschy…
5. (2:27) Moon Crystal - Where am i….why is there so much shag rug…why do all these people have un-ironic disco balls? Instrumental
6. (4:41) For the Kids - Twinkling piano. Emotive ballad with fem. vox. Touching if you’re into this kinda thing…
7. (6:04) ** Solitude - Wash of strings + synth. Nice little motif mirrored between strings and vox. Anthony Gonzalez is lonely :’(. James Bond style slow burner.
8. (2:25) The Wizard - Quiet beat. Lo-fi synth work. Nice catchy instrumental for a mic break, etc.
9. (4:17) *** Laser Gun - Stereo piano chords like the first track. Wow really like this female vocalist (from tracks 2,4). Ultra catchy, transportive. Neon night drive music. Second half gets all handclappy and saxy and over indulgent in a great way.
10. (4:22) ** Road Blaster - Sax man riff and thumping beat. Male vox.
11. (2:06) Tension - Spacey, romantic instrumental.
12. (3:24) Atlantique Sud - Alright I think we just moved into cloying territory. Plaintive piano…male/female duet with french vox. All about not being afraid and how they’ll wait for each other blah blah blah. Not my style…but hey maybe my heart’s just hardened to this world.
13. (4:09) Time Wind - Propulsive, stuttering beat. Similar to other tracks. Male vox.
14. (1:35) Ludivine - Pleasant ambient interlude. Melancholy.
15. (4:01) Sunday Night 1987 - Soft male vox and tentative keyboard. The introspection after the roller rink party. Saxophone outro. Ends ~ fifteen seconds early

Track Listing
1. Do It, Try It   8. The Wizard
2. Go!   9. Laser Gun
3. Walkway Blues   10. Road Blaster
4. Bibi The Dog   11. Tension
5. Moon Crystal   12. Atlantique Sud
6. For The Kids   13. Time Wind
7. Solitude   14. Ludivine
  15. Sunday Night 1987