Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In M83's neverending career-long quest for all kinds of nostalgia, it was only inevitable that they'd start to try directly recapturing the nostalgia of their old work. (I'm honestly game for that, just kinda wish the results had better pacing.)
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Listen: ilovem83.bandcamp.com/album/fantasy
More M83 reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9VloxGOomL7kxiq2CBK45SCWYhMjAnFd
Favorite Tracks: Water Deep, Oceans Niagara, Amnesia; Radar, Far, Gone; Deceiver, Fantasy, Sunny Boy, Kool Nuit
Least Favorite Track: Us And The Rest
Overall Rating: 7.3/10
All ratings based purely off of personal enjoyment at the time of this video's upload and either end in .0, .3, .5, or .7. Take nothing I say too seriously.
In M83's neverending career-long quest for all kinds of nostalgia, it was only inevitable that they'd start to try directly recapturing the nostalgia of their old work. (I'm honestly game for that, just kinda wish the results had better pacing.)
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/TheWonkyAngle
Listen: ilovem83.bandcamp.com/album/fantasy
More M83 reviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9VloxGOomL7kxiq2CBK45SCWYhMjAnFd
Favorite Tracks: Water Deep, Oceans Niagara, Amnesia; Radar, Far, Gone; Deceiver, Fantasy, Sunny Boy, Kool Nuit
Least Favorite Track: Us And The Rest
Overall Rating: 7.3/10
All ratings based purely off of personal enjoyment at the time of this video's upload and either end in .0, .3, .5, or .7. Take nothing I say too seriously.
![SLANDER - Thrive (Album Review) [Patreon Request]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aAOGs-vtlC4/mqdefault.jpg "SLANDER - Thrive (Album Review) [Patreon Request]
The second I saw this LA duos music described as heaven-trap and I saw their affiliations with artists like Illenium, I immediately had the lowest expectations for this debut album of theirs from 2022. And I ended up finding it... pretty alright, actually.
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My new album Real Life and Postcard Use out now: https://256pi.bandcamp.com/album/real-life-and-postcard-use
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl35o7NJq4syNzGAWT1R8Kd-7Ou4cnk5a
More Patreon-requested reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9VloxGOomL5ueXeqSgMqMaLTL8zC2BAz
Favorite Tracks: Kill Me With Silence, Nothing Hurts Like Goodbye, Replay, Before Dawn, Second Life
Least Favorite Track: Monster
Overall Rating: 6.0/10
All ratings based purely off of personal enjoyment at the time of this videos upload and either end in .0, .3, .5, or .7. Take nothing I say too seriously.")
