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M83 announces new record Junk, shares lead single "Do It, Try It"

02 March 2016, 07:04 | Written by Laurence Day

French producer M83 is back with news of his long-awaited seventh studio record, and first in five years, Junk.

We're also getting "Do It, Try It", the album's lead single. For this, M83 - aka Anthony Gonzalez - delves into the world of technicolor house-pop. Special guests on the LP include Beck, Susanne Sundfør, Mai Lan, and Jordan Lawlor

M83's album arrives ahead of a summer gallivanting across the globe, with a huge number of festivals and world tour dates already confirmed. M83 is also confirmed to play Latitude 2016.

Speaking about the record, Gonzalez says: "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.”

Junk is out 8 April via Naïve. It follows 2011's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming.

Listen to "Do It, Try It" below, the LP's tracklist after, and Gonzalez's upcoming world tour dates beneath.

Tracklist:

1. Do It, Try It
2. Go!
3. Walkway Blues
4. Bibi The Dog
5. Moon Crystal
6. For The Kids
7. Solitude
8. The Wizard
9. Laser Gun
10. Road Blaster
11. Tension
12. Atlantique Sud
13. Time Wind
14. Ludivine
15. Sunday Night 1987

April

6 - New Orleans, LA - The Civic Theatre
8 - Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory
9 - Houston, TX - TBD
10 - Austin, TX - Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater
12 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
13 - Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre
15 - Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
16 - Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl
17 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
19 - Pomona, CA - Fox Theater
22 - Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
23 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst Club
25 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
26 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
27 - Missoula, MT - The Wilma
29 - Edmonton, AB - Winspear Centre
30 - Calgary, AB - Grey Eagle Event Centre

May

4 - Hong Kong, China - Kitec Star Hall
7 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - KL Live
19 - Sentosa, Singapore - Hard Rock Coloseum
21 - Jakarta - Lapangan D Senayan
24 - Seoul - AX
26 - Tokyo - Studio Coast
28 - The Gorge, WA - Sasquatch Music Festival
30 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Great Saltair
31 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre

June

1 - Kansas City, MO - Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
3 - Columbus, OH - Express Live
4 - New York, NY - The Governors Ball Music Festival
6 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
7 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts
8 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
10 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
11 - Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheater
12 - Richmond, VA - The National
14 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
15 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
16 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion (with Tame Impala)
18 - Dover, DE - Firefly Festival
24-26 - Paris - Solidays Festival
28 - Istanbul - Zorlu Center for the Performing
30 - Gdynia, Poland - Open’er Festival

July

1-3 - Marmande, France - Garorock
3 - Belfort, France - Eurockéennes
7 - Bilbao, Spain - BBK Live Festival
9 - Lisbon, Portugal - NOS Festival
14 - Ostrava, Czech Republic - Colours of Ostrava Festival
15 - Gräfenhainchen, Germany - Melt Festival
17 - Latitude Festival, UK
22-24 - Oro Medonte, Canada - Wayhome Music and Arts
23-24 - Sterling Heights, MI - Mo Pop Festival

August

10 - Oslo, Norway - Øya Festival
11 - Gothenberg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
13 - Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival
15 - Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival
19-21 - Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
25-28 - Charleville Mézières - Cabaret Vert Festival

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