Tom: We’ve talked about M83 before, and described them as going “Full Total Eclipse of the Heart”. Technically, their genre is synthpop, but it’s more than that: it’s wall-of-sound stuff.
Tom: I fully expect this track to get used in innumerable adverts and movie trailers. It’s astonishing.
Tim: Couldn’t possibly disagree there, because it is.
Tom: The thing is, it’s even got the traditional structure, sort of. 3 minutes 49 seconds, middle eight, one final return to the chorus, slow ending. But there’s just so much going on, so many layers, that it’s difficult to keep track of.
Tim: You’re right there – I’d not really noticed that, because it’s hard to keep track of a verse/chorus when it’s primarily instrumental. The vocals that are there seem to come across as purely decorative.
Tom: Is it danceable? Probably not. Is it poppy? Well, more than others, but not enough to storm the charts. Is it good? Oh, hell yes.
Tim: Hell yes.