According to pitchfork.com today artist M83 announced  the release of his upcoming album, Fantasy, which will drop on March 17. Fantasy is M83’s ninth studio album that follows 2019’s LP DSVII and the Knife + Heart soundtrack. Also the album  is focused on the guitars and synths which M83 visioned as being “closer to the energy” of his 2005 album Before the Dawn Heals Us.

“I wanted this record to be very impactful live,” he says. “The idea was to come back with something closer to the energy of Before The Dawn Heals Us. The combination of guitars and synths is always in my music, but it’s maybe more present on this new record than on the previous ones.” said M83

Also in light of the joyful news M83 released the single “Oceans Niagara” which goes along with the music video directed by M83′s brother Yann Gonzalez.

In the press release M83 talks about what “Oceans Niagara” means to him.

“Very proud to present the first track of my new album Fantasy. It’s called “Oceans Niagara” and it’s the very first collaboration between my brother Yann Gonzalez and myself on a music video. I wanted to create this sense of friendship. Listening to that song, I imagine people running, driving fast, or riding spaceships together. It’s this sense of going forward, like a magic potion that you take to discover new worlds. Beyond Adventure!”

Along with the release of “Oceans Niagara” M83 has announced The Fantasy tour that will start in April and end May with stops in Austin, Nashville, Phoenix, Atlanta and Boston.

Tour Dates

04-10 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren
04-11 Albuquerque, NM – El Rey Theater
04-13 San Antonio, TX – The Aztec Theatre
04-14 Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
04-15 Houston, TX – The Lawn at White Oak Music Hall
04-16 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
04-18 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
04-19 Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
04-21 Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
04-22 Washington, D.C. – The Anthem
04-23 Boston, MA – Roadrunner
04-25 New York, NY – Terminal 5
04-28 Montreal, Quebec – M Telus
04-29 Toronto, Ontario – History
04-30 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
05-02 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre
05-03 Saint Paul, MN – Palace Theatre
05-05 Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom
05-06 Salt Lake City, UT – Ogden Amphitheater
05-08 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
05-09 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore
05-10 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo
05-14 Pasa Robles, CA – Paso Robles Amphitheatre
05-16 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater

Fantasy Tracklist:

01 Water Deep
02 Oceans Niagara
03 Amnesia
04 Us and the Rest
05 Earth to Sea
06 Radar, Far, Gone
07 Deceiver
08 Fantasy
09 Laura
10 Sunny Boy
11 Kool Nuit [ft. Kaela]
12 Sunny Boy Part 2
13 Dismemberment Bureau

Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat