M83 announced a huge tour a couple of months ago with one key component missing: the actual music. Today the French producer finally delivered some new music with the rather muddled ‘Do It, Try It’, alongside details of the album which is called ‘Junk’.
“I want to show different sides of me on this album. I want to come back with something more intimate, yet somehow with…less me!,” explains Gonzalez via a press release.
And we totally agree – it’s not very M83-ish. But M83 is in there amongst the PC Music excess and sometimes bizarre production on Gonzalez’s vocals – but stick with it and it does all come together in places, and when it does it’s every bit as exciting as anything on ‘Hurry Up Were Dreaming’. It’s just a shame they’ve employed a 14-year-old to do the artwork.
M83 has also announced a North American tour and worldwide Festival dates including special performances at Latitude Festival in the UK, the renowned Coachella festival in Indio, CA, The Governor’s Ball in NYC, and Way Out West in Sweden. Tickets are available now via ilovem83.com. Full tour dates below.
“JUNK” Tracklisting
1. Do It, Try It
2. Go!
3. Walkway Blues
4. Bibi The Dog
5. Moon Crystal
6. For The Kids
7. Solitude
8. The Wizard
9. Laser Gun
10. Road Blaster
11. Tension
12. Atlantique Sud
13. Time Wind
14. Ludivine
15. Sunday Night 1987
M83 2016 TOUR DATES
April 6 – New Orleans, LA – The Civic Theatre
April 8 – Dallas, TX – Bomb Factory
April 9 – Houston, TX – TBD
April 10 – Austin, TX – Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater
April 12 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
April 13 – Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre
April 15 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
April 16 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl
April 17 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
April 19 – Pomona, CA – Fox Theater
April 22 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
April 23 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst Club
April 25 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
April 26 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
April 27 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma
April 29 – Edmonton, AB – Winspear Centre
April 30 – Calgary, AB – Grey Eagle Event Centre
May 4 – Hong Kong, China – Kitec Star Hall
May 7 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – KL Live
May 19 – Sentosa, Singapore – Hard Rock Coloseum
May 21 – Jakarta – Lapangan D Senayan
May 24 – Seoul – AX
May 26 – Tokyo – Studio Coast
May 28 – The Gorge, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
May 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Great Saltair
May 31 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
June 1 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
June 3 – Columbus, OH – Express Live
June 4 – New York, NY – The Governors Ball Music Festival
June 6 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
June 7 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts
June 8 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
June 10 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo
June 11 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
June 12 – Richmond, VA – The National
June 14 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
June 15 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
June 16 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion (with Tame Impala)
June 18 – Dover, DE – Firefly Festival
June 24 26 – Paris – Solidays Festival
June 28 – Istanbul – Zorlu Center for the Performing
June 30 – Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival
July 1-3 – Marmande, France – Garorock
July 3 – Belfort, France – Eurockéennes
July 7 – Bilbao, Spain – BBK Live Festival
July 9 – Lisbon, Portugal – NOS Festival
July 14 – Ostrava, Czech Republic – Colours of Ostrava Festival
July 15 – Gräfenhainchen, Germany – Melt Festival
July 17 – Latitude Festival, UK
July 22-24 – Oro Medonte, Canada – Wayhome Music and Arts
July 23-24 – Sterling Heights, MI – Mo Pop Festival
Aug 10 – Oslo, Norway – Øya Festival
Aug 11 – Gothenberg, Sweden – Way Out West Festival
Aug 13 – Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival
Aug 15 – Budapest, Hungary – Sziget Festival
Aug 19 21 – Biddinghuizen, Netherlands – Lowlands Festival
Aug 25 28 – Charleville Mézières – Cabaret Vert Festival
