A New Song from M83 Called ‘Midnight City’

Midnight City by M83

It’s already been three years since the last M83 album Saturdays = Youth, so it’s great to hear a new track. It’s called Midnight City and sounds just like you’d imagine a new M83 track to sound. It draws on everything he’s done so far, lots of synths and electronic drums, but then adds a ridiculous sax melody that feels like Kenny G is making a guest appearance. I really like the vocals on this track, he’s still got his breathy style but he’s starting to expand things a little. If the last album was the bubblegum, John Hughes movie soundtrack, what does that make this album?

Here’s how he described the album to SPIN Magazine.

“It’s a double album,” Gonzalez tells SPIN, adding that it will have a conceptual element. “It’s mainly about dreams, how every one is different, how you dream differently when you’re a kid, a teenager, or an adult. I’m really proud of it. If you’re doing a very long album, all the songs need to be different and I think I’ve done that with this one. Overall, it’s pop — and very epic. Anyone who loved M83 before, they’ll love this album even more. People that hated me, they’re going to hate this, too.”

Really looking forward to hearing the rest.

Bobby