It was magnificent. Grandiose. Sublime. And one year later I still can’t stop listening to it.
French electronic collective M83 was the band responsible for last year’s splendid double album “Hurry Up We’re Dreaming.”
The only drawback – I absolutely can’t stand “Midnight City” because that track has been used in so many TV shows, movies and commercials. Skip it! Who’s with me? But otherwise “Dreaming” is a perfect 10.
And one year later, M83 is still pumping out videos from the destined-to-be-classic album.
Today the band releases the enigmatic clip for “Steve McQueen” the fourth single off “Dreaming.” It features a boy in a yellow tuxedo frolicking in the fog. Flying toy animals. And a chem lab motif complete with ancient computing devices. Pretty cool.
M83 isn’t Nu Gaze but some of their tracks tread into that territory. Read about it on yesterday’s Nu Gaze post.
M83 will be releasing a series of remixes of “Steve McQueen” with retreads from Maps, SALM, Beataucue, and Alluxe. That venture comes out Nov. 25
