aaamusic | On 23, Oct 2011

M83 has revealed the brilliant new video for the massive summer hit single ‘Midnight City’.

Featuring a group of feral children using supernatural powers to escape their captors, the film takes us on a haunting journey, recalling classic films such Village Of The Damned and Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. It was directed by French duo Fleur & Manu who have just received three nominations at the UK Music Video Awards.

The single ‘Midnight City’ has garnered M83 much acclaim since its release, getting A-listed at 6 Music and Q Radio, as well as bagging plays on Radio 1 from the likes of Annie Mac, Rob Da Bank and Nick Grimshaw. The track hit the top spot on Hype Machine twice and has had over a million hits on YouTube and SoundCloud to date, with the NME naming it one of the tracks of the year.

M83 has announced Man Without Country will support him at the sold out Heaven date on 1 December. A full UK tour begins in January 2012, with a second date in London at Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 18 February.

The already highly acclaimed new album ‘Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming’ is released this week through Naïve. Receiving praise from across the UK and US press, The Times gave it a perfect 5/5 score calling it a “dizzying achievement”, Q Magazine described it as “a wildly ambitious, often visionary record” and Pitchfork gave it an incredible 9.1/10, claiming Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming is “the best M83 album yet”.

M83 UK Dates:

Thu 1 Dec London Heaven SOLD OUT
Tue 17 Jan Bristol Trinity £13.50 www.seetickets.com
Wed 18 Jan Manchester Ritz £12.50 www.seetickets.com
Thu 19 Jan Glasgow Arches £12.50 www.thearches.co.uk
Fri 20 Jan Leeds Cockpit £12.50 www.seetickets.com
Sat 21 Jan Birmingham Institute £12.50 www.seetickets.com
Sun 22 Jan Brighton Concorde £12.50 www.gigantic.com
Thu 16 Feb London Shepherds Bush Empire £15 www.seetickets.com