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M83 announces the details of his new forthcoming full-length album, FANTASY, that will see release on March 17th.
For Gonzalez, Fantasy‘s direction and aesthetic was immediately clear. “I wanted this record to be very impactful live,” he says. “The idea was to come back with something closer to the energy of 'Before The Dawn Heals Us'. The combination of guitars and synths is always in my music, but it’s maybe more present on this new record than on the previous ones.”
Gonzalez dove deep into an ‘80s-inspired wonderland for the backdrop of ‘Fantasy’, as showcased by first single ‘Oceans Niagara’. A bombastic, widescreen synth-pop smash, it recalls early M83 album ‘Before The Dawn Heals Us’ and signals a return to his roots.
Reserved in nature, Gonzalez also sought to continue a trend that has become more prominent in his recent albums. “I wanted to be more present lyrically and vocally even if that was daunting at first,” he states. “I thought if I could achieve that, this album will be more personal than those that came before.”
Fantasy, M83’s 9th studio album, proves a towering sensory delight and marks his most personal album to date, an alternate world that Gonzalez has created as an escape from the disconnected world we live in today.
TRACKLIST:
1. ‘Water Deep’
2. ‘Oceans Niagara’
3. ‘Amnesia’
4. ‘Us And The Rest’
5 . Earth To Sea
6. ‘Radar, Far, Gone’
7. ‘Deceiver’
8. ‘Fantasy’
9. ‘Laura’
10. ‘Sunny Boy’
11. ‘Kool Nuit’
12. ‘Sunny Boy Part 2’
13. ‘Dismemberment Bureau’
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