
M83’s return just got serious. On Tuesday (March 1), the electronic act announced that their new album will be titled Junk and is set to be released this spring. In addition to the album title and release date, the Anthony Gonzalez-led act premiered the lead single from the track on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show. The new track is titled “Do It, Try It.”
In a press release, Gonzalez had the following to say about the new album and why he chose “junk” as the impending record’s title. “Anything we create today is going to end up being space junk at one point anyway, and I find it really fascinating and scary at the same time – beautiful too in a way. I have this image of pieces of humanity floating in space, lost forever. It also means that nowadays everything goes so fast and everybody is kind of throwing away art in a certain manner. People will listen to an album for instance and just pick a track they like to put on a playlist. They’re not going to take the time to listen to an album anymore because they have to jump on the next thing.”
“Do It, Try It” can be streamed here. Junk is scheduled to be released on April 8 through Mute Records. The track list for the new album as well as M83’s upcoming tour dates can be seen below. Junk is the follow-up to 2011’s much-celebrated Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.
JUNK TRACK LIST:
01. “Do It, Try It”
02. “Go!” [ft. Mai Lan]
03. “Walkway Blues” [ft. Jordan Lawlor]
04. “Bibi the Dog” [ft. Mai Lan]
05. “Moon Crystal”
06. “For the Kids” [ft. Susanne Sundfør]
07. “Solitude”
08. “The Wizard”
09. “Laser Gun” [ft. Mai Lan]
10. “Road Blaster”
11. “Tension”
12. “Atlantique Sud” [ft. Mai Lan]
13. “Time Wind” [ft. Beck]
14. “Ludivine”
15. “Sunday Night 1987”
M83 TOUR DATES:
04/06 – New Orleans, LA – The Civic Theatre *
04/08 – Dallas, TX – Bomb Factory *
04/09 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall *
04/10 – Austin, TX – Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater *
04/12 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre *
04/13 – Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre *^
04/15 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04/16 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl *
04/17 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater *
04/19 – Pomona, CA – Fox Theater *
04/22 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
04/23 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst Club *
04/25-04/26 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre *
04/27 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma Theatre *
04/29 – Edmonton, Alberta – Winspear Centre !
04/30 – Calgary, Alberta – Grey Eagle Event Centre !
05/04 – Hong Kong, China – Kitec Star Hall
05/07 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
05/19 – Sentosa, Singapore – Hard Rock COliseum
05/21 – Jakarta, Indonesia – Lapangan D – Senayan
05/24 – Seoul, South Korea – Blue Square – Samsung Card Hall
05/26 – Tokyo, Japan – Studio Coast
05/28 – Quincy, WA – Sasquatch Festival
05/30 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Great Saltair #
05/31 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre #
06/01 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland #
06/03 – Columbus, OH – Express Live!
06/04 – New York, NY – The Governors Ball Music Festival
06/06 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE #
06/07 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s #
06/08 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues #
06/09 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival
06/11 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
06/12 – Richmond, VA – The National
06/14 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
06/15 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
06/16 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion @
06/18 – Dover, DE – Firefly Music Festival
06/24- 06/26 – Paris, France – Solidays Festival
06/28 – Istanbul, Turkey – Zorlu Center for the Performing Arts
06/30-07/03 – Marmande, France – Garorock Festival
06/30 – Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Fectival
07/01-07/03 – Belfort, France – Eurockeenes Festival
07/07 – Bilbao, Spain – BBK Live Festival
07/09 – Lisbon, Portugal – NOS Festival
07/14-07/17 – Ostrava, Czech Republic – Colours of Ostrava Festival
07/15 – Gräfenhainchen, Germany – Melt Festival
07/23 – Oro-Medonte, Ontario – Way Home Music & Arts Festival
07/24 – Detroit, MI – MoPop Festival
07/29 – Montréal, Québec – Osheaga Festival
08/10 – Oslo, Norway – Øya Festival
08/11 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Way Out West Festival
08/13 – Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival
08/15 – Budapest, Hungary – Sziget Festival
08/18 – Sankt Pölten, Austria – Frequency Festival
08/19-08/21 – Biddinghuizen, Netherlands – Lowlands Festival
08/24 – Glattsbrugg, Switzerland – Zürich Openair Festival
08/25-08/28 Charleville-Mézières, France – Le Cabaret Vert
* with Yacht
^ with Børns
! Okay Kaya
# with Bob Moses
@ with Tame Impala