{"id":403,"date":"2005-01-13T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-13T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=403"},"modified":"2024-03-24T19:58:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:58:36","slug":"m83-before-the-dawn-heals-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":"M83 &#8211; Before the Dawn Heals Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A\/\/www.newsreview.com\/reno\/content\/m83\/23963\/&amp;media=https:\/\/www.newsreview.com\/media\/images\/articles\/featured\/2020\/07\/23963-01.jpeg&amp;description=French%20band%20M83%20alters%20its%20trademark%20sound%20on%20its%20new%20album,%20but%20you%E2%80%99ll%20like%20it%20anyway.\"><\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsreview.com\/media\/images\/articles\/featured\/2020\/07\/23963-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The sophomore release from Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau (a.k.a. M83) carries on the rich tradition of electronic wash and dense soundscapes without repeating the magic found on the band\u2019s first release,\u00a0<em>Dead Cities, Red Seas &amp; Lost Ghosts<\/em>.\u00a0<em>Dead Cities<\/em>\u00a0relied heavily on instrumental ambience and bombastic dirges, but this collection finds the group incorporating vocals into the mix with great effect. Songs like \u201cFarewell\/Goodbye\u201d are proof positive that the duo is more than a one-trick pony. In addition, M83 seeks to find a happy medium between dissonance and melody. The group\u2019s minimalist choruses achieve much more in a few measures than most musicians do in a full-length player. If you\u2019re looking for a repeat of last year\u2019s masterpiece, stop now. M83 has successfully morphed again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(RN&amp;R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sophomore release from Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau (a.k.a. M83) carries on the rich tradition of electronic wash and dense soundscapes without repeating the magic found on the band\u2019s first release,\u00a0Dead Cities, Red Seas &amp; Lost Ghosts.\u00a0Dead Cities\u00a0relied heavily on instrumental ambience and bombastic dirges, but this collection finds the group incorporating vocals into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":404,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions\/404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}