{"id":2244,"date":"2026-02-01T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/you-need-to-listen-to-m83s-icy-post-rock-record-dead-cities-red-seas-lost-ghosts\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T18:00:00","slug":"you-need-to-listen-to-m83s-icy-post-rock-record-dead-cities-red-seas-lost-ghosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/you-need-to-listen-to-m83s-icy-post-rock-record-dead-cities-red-seas-lost-ghosts\/","title":{"rendered":"You need to listen to M83\u2019s icy post-rock record Dead Cities, Red Seas &amp; Lost Ghosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover of M83\u2019s Dead Cities, Red Seas &amp; Lost Ghosts which features four people laying in a snow covered field.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Mute\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/m83-dead-cities.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">New York City got hit with a hell of a snowstorm last week. And, inevitably, when I&rsquo;m watching the snow fall, wandering the oddly quiet streets after dark, people hiding inside and staying warm, I put on M83&rsquo;s sophomore record, <a href=\"https:\/\/ilovem83.bandcamp.com\/album\/dead-cities-red-seas-lost-ghosts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dead Cities, Red Seas &amp; Lost Ghosts<\/em><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Before Nicolas Fromageau left the band and Anthony Gonzalez embraced traditional pop song structures, saxophone solos, and teen angst, M83 released two albums of mostly instrumental music. The <a href=\"https:\/\/ilovem83.bandcamp.com\/album\/m83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">self-titled debut album<\/a> is kind of forgettable, but the second one finds the French duo taking inspiration from the repetitive bombast of Mogwai and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. <em>Dead Cities<\/em> \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/column\/871847\/m83-dead-cities-red-seas-lost-ghosts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City got hit with a hell of a snowstorm last week. 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