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Article: M83; Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts; Black Strobe; Chemical Sweet Girl EP
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- Pittsburgh City Paper
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- August 25, 2004
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Prepare for the frog invasion. No, not a horde of mutant croakers leaping straight out of a Biblical plague -- rather, 2004 could be the first time that two really hot bands came storming out of France since Daft Punk and Air (and before that ... never).
A leading candidate for album of the year can be attributed to the pair of Nicholas Fromageau and Anthony Gonzalez, also known as M83, who originally put out the double album Dead Cities (no relation to Future Sound of London) on the small French label Gooom. Mute Records picked it up for a very good reason -- it's resoundingly beautiful.
Remember how over the past few years, indie circles have gone bonkers over orchestral post-rock -- ...