and one last find...

I am pleased to bring you a third fabulous find, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, the newest release by the utterly amazing band M83.  In a word breathtaking.  


Thanks to my first guest blogger, the writer of 347 so eloquently contributed this find.

...We all have a safe place.  Whether it's a certain destination, age, or both.  This place is where we go when the times are tough or desperate.  As time progresses we grow old.  We fall in love, we buy homes, we have children and we eventually wonder where the days went.  And this is where our safe place is born.  It's a place where there is no time and where we can be ourselves.  This is a dream only we can realize we're living in.

There is no quicker way to transport yourself to this safe place with the wonder of M83.  In Anthony Gonzalez's double album latest release, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming., we hear the full arc of Gonzalez's evolutionary sound.  Gonzalez takes a risk in this album.  Rather than previous M83 releases, Gonzalez relies on his hidden hypnotic vocals to drive us into a unique state of mind. Listening to this album is the closest feeling to being in a dream.  Some say Gonzalez is merely portraying a certain aurora of 80s pop and hiss, but what's important is not what he has created, but where he is taking us.  This latest release showcases the rare occasion when music delivers us to a destination rather than focusing on the journey itself.  From the opening tracks, we float on through a wave till we wake up from our dream at the end.

It's as if Gonzalez knew where he was taking us all along - to our safe place.  You're listening to M83, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.

-347