I Love M83
Jan. 14th, 2004 10:25 pmPitchfork does justice to the M83 singles:
There's not a dud to be found on either of these singles, but perhaps unsurprisingly, there's nothing really essential, either. One of M83's greatest strengths is the unflinching intensity they bring to their music-- in the interest of reinventing it, that intensity can't help but be disrupted. Those who are madly in love with this group should find these recast textures and reconfigured songs engaging, if not revelatory of hidden subtleties. If nothing else, these two singles prove without a doubt that M83 have found something all their own-- something too unique and stunning to be effaced by even the most dramatic interpretation.