{"id":45045,"date":"2016-04-25T13:13:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T18:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=45045"},"modified":"2016-05-01T19:41:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T00:41:04","slug":"m83-junk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/04\/25\/m83-junk\/","title":{"rendered":"M83: Junk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/M83-e1461607214160.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-45127 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/M83-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"M83\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><em>Junk<\/em>, the new album by M83, begins with the song \u201cDo it, Try it\u201d which immediately captures your attention with its unique and almost electric sounding voice backed up by an interesting, underling synth. As the song continues, the voice becomes warped as if it was a whammy bar; a successful creative choice. The second track, \u201cGo,\u201d featuring Mai Lan, carries the theme of before but starts slowly and progresses into a successfully head-bobbing chorus. It then leads in from the bridge back into the chorus with a killer lead guitar part riffing all throughout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWalkway Blues,\u201d featuring Jordan Lawlor, was next to follow. It&#8217;s a definite slow down but could be the catchiest on <em>Junk.\u00a0<\/em>M83\u00a0carries this style throughout the entire album and keeps the same energy level until \u201cMoon Crystal,\u201d where he creates a bit of a &#8217;70s roller skating rink feel.<\/p>\n<p>Following &#8220;Moon Crystal&#8221; is a series of slower songs, alternating from beats to straight piano and voice with the soft kit.\u00a0\u201cSolitude\u201d may leave the listener confused as to what the group was going for within the album. There was already so much variety but then the artist decided to add a string ensemble which messed with the feel of the whole album. The album gets back on track once it reaches \u201cRoad Blaster,\u201d a personal favorite. Unexpectedly, the vibe slows down after this with both \u201cTension,\u201d and then \u201cAtlantique Sud,\u201d showcasing Mai Lan once again.\u00a0<em>Junk\u00a0<\/em>carried a ton of variety so if that\u2019s what you are looking for then this is the album for you. It achieves a medium energy level but it\u2019s definitely something you can groove with.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: The Naked and the Famous, Tycho, Miike Snow<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Tracks: 1 (Do It, Try It), 2 (Go), 3 (Walkway Blues)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Do Not Play: None<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Written by Brian Locascio on 04\/25\/16 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weird yet awesome blend of electropop nonsense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11781,"featured_media":45127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,4,3235,3230],"tags":[4245,4880,4933,4932,11],"class_list":["post-45045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hip-hopelectronic-rotation","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","tag-brian-locascio","tag-electronic-rotation","tag-junk","tag-m83","tag-new-music-rotation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/M83-e1461607214160.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11781"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}