Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
M83’s cinematic tendencies come to a head on French musician Anthony Gonzalez\'s sixth album. Zola Jesus’ turn on “Intro” sets the scene like a cliff dive filmed in sparkling slow motion, and “Midnight City” amps up the synth-pop drama with soaring vocals and volleys of electronic drums. “Reunion” revisits the ringing guitars of ‘80s soundtrack staples from bands like Simple Minds, and from there Gonzalez glides across ambient interludes, bright digital keys, and stadium-sized New Wave. It’s the perfect marriage of indie aesthetics and blockbuster production.
Since 2003's Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, M83 mastermind Anthony Gonzalez has created increasingly colossal records. His latest, a double album that serves as a framework to realize the marvelous capability of our dreams and daily lives, could be his best record yet.
You don’t cure a packrat by moving him into a bigger house, and Anthony Gonzalez of M83 shouldn’t be given three years to layer (and layer) his hooky songs with synthesizers, drum fills, and vocal flourishes galore. By Gonzalez’s own admission, the synth-pop maestro doesn’t know when to stop tinkering, and on the…
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Check out our album review of Artist's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming on Rolling Stone.com.
For some, the needle of inspiration seems to be dropped in a particular era of their lives. Like filmmaker John Hughes, or author Maurice Sendak before him, 30-year-old Anthony Gonzalez seems perpetually obsessed with his childhood.
How do you follow up a record that’s achieved unexpected success and critical acclaim?
<p>Anthony 'M83' Gonzalez's double concept album proves that excess can be bliss – in small doses, writes <strong>Ally Carnwath</strong></p>
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming sounds much more like an M83 wannabe’s poor imitation than the real deal.
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M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming review: Anthony Gonzalez may be a dreamer, but he's not the only one.