M83 Details New Album ‘Fantasy’ & Extensive North American Tour

M83 announced a new album entitled Fantasy featuring the single “Oceans Niagara.” The project led by Anthony Gonzalez will embark on a month-long tour of North America in support of the LP that begins on April 10 and runs through May 16.

Fantasy, M83’s ninth studio album, arrives on March 17 via Mute. Gonzalez worked on the 13-track LP throughout 2021 with producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen and longtime bandmate Joe Berry. “I wanted this record to be very impactful live,” Gonzalez said in a press release. “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.”

Described as Gonzalez’s “most personal album to date” in press materials, the typically shy musician continues a trend that has played out on his recent records “I wanted to be more present lyrically and vocally even if that was daunting at first,” he added. “I thought if I could achieve that, this album will be more personal than those that came before.”

M83 kicks off the Fantasy Tour at Phoenix’s The Van Buren on April 10. The project then hits Albuquerque, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Dallas, Nashville, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Boston, New York City, Montreal, Toronto and Royal Oak (Michigan) over the remainder of April. From there Gonzalez and company bring the trek to Chicago, St. Paul, Denver, Salt Lake City, Portland (Oregon), Vancouver, Seattle, Paso Robles (California) and Oakland in May.

Tickets for M83’s Fantasy Tour go on sale this Friday, January 13 at 10 a.m. local. Links are laid out below along with the full list of dates and new single “Oceans Niagara.”

Anthony Gonzalez shared the following about “Oceans Niagara”:

“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!”

Watch the visual for the track:

Fantasy Tracklist

1. Water Deep
2. Oceans Niagara
3. Amnesia
4. Us And The Rest
5. Earth To Sea
6. Radar, Far, Gone
7. Deceiver
8. Fantasy
9. Laura
10. Sunny Boy
11. Kool Nuit
12. Sunny Boy Part 2
13. Dismemberment Bureau