Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The city is my church, it wraps me in the sparkling twilight

M83 - Midnight City


It's pretty easy to get lost in this song. It has a cool 80's pop/rock vibe to it; almost like Depeche Mode mixed with MGMT? Something like that. I like how the lyrics blend into the music, almost as an additional instrument in the band. The unique sound made me research M83 a bit, and I've learned that the band is influenced by what's called the shoegazing genre, famous in the 80's and early 90's. Wikipedia: The shoegazing sound is typified by significant use of guitar effects, and indistinguishable vocal melodies that blended into the creative noise of the guitars. Indistinguishable is right. I had no idea what was being sung until I looked it up. However, the song sounds really cool and makes me want to float away back into the 80's for a night.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX3k_QDnzHE

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