Today, M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, has shared the new track “Go!” from his forthcoming full-length album, JUNK, out April 8, via Mute Records. The song features lead vocals from French chanteuse Mai Lan, and a guitar solo by guitarist Steve Vai. Gonzalez describes the collaboration with Vai: “We asked for the craziest space solo possible, which wasn’t hard for him. He sent us three different takes, and we blended two to make the ultimate Steve Vai solo. It was amazing to work with him.”

As the release date for JUNK fast approaches, fans can expect the unexpected with this album. The album oozes with a wide variety of sounds and influences. Gonzalez’s amour for all things ‘80s is well known, and that aesthetic still recurs throughout JUNK. But with this album, Gonzalez also finds himself looking to earlier decades – ‘60s film soundtracks, groovy ‘70s radio hits – for fresh, timeless inspiration, creating the perfect soundtrack for the summer of 2016. “Everyone’s trying to be modern and fit into radio formats, but I find that boring,” Gonzalez says. “Those songs were moving and sentimental. They had something to say.”

JUNK Tracklisting

Do It, Try It
Go!
Walkway Blues
Bibi The Dog
Moon Crystal
For The Kids
Solitude
The Wizard
Laser Gun
Road Blaster
Tension
Atlantique Sud
Time Wind
Ludivine
Sunday Night 1987

M83 2016 TOUR DATES
April 6 – New Orleans, LA – The Civic Theatre*
April 8 – Dallas, TX – Bomb Factory*
April 9 – Houston, TX – The Lawn at White Oak Music Hall*
April 10 – Austin, TX – Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater*
April 12 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre*
April 13 – Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre*#
April 15 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
April 16 – Las Vegas, NV – Brooklyn Bowl*
April 17 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater*
April 19 – Pomona, CA – Fox Theater*
April 22 – Indio, CA – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
April 23 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst Club*
April 25 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater*
April 26 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater*
April 27 – Missoula, MT – The Wilma*
April 29 – Edmonton, AB – Francis Winspear Centre@
April 30 – Calgary, AB – Grey Eagle Event Centre@
May 4 – Hong Kong, China – Kitec Star Hall
May 7 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – KL Live
May 10 – Melbourne, Australia – Forum Melbourne
May 11 – Melbourne, Australia – Forum Melbourne
May 14 – Brisbane, Australia – Tivoli Theatre
May 16 – Sydney, Australia – Enmore Theatre
May 19 – Sentosa, Singapore – Hard Rock Coloseum
May 21 – Jakarta, Indonesia – Lapangan D Senayan
May 24 – Seoul, South Korea – AX
May 26 – Tokyo, Japan – Studio Coast
May 28 – The Gorge, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
May 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Great Saltair^
May 31 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre^
June 1 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland^
June 3 – Columbus, OH – Express Live!
June 4 – New York, NY – The Governors Ball Music Festival
June 6 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE^
June 7 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s^
June 8 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues^
June 10 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 11 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
June 12 – Richmond, VA – The National
June 14 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
June 15 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
June 16 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion (with Tame Impala)
June 18 – Dover, DE – Firefly Festival
June 22-26 – Pilton, UK – Glastonbury
June 24 – Paris, France – Solidays Festival
June 28 – Istanbul, Turky – Zorlu Center
June 30 – Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival
July 2 – Marmande, France – Garorock
July 3 – Belfort, France – Eurockéennes
July 7 – Bilbao, Spain – BBK Live Festival
July 9 – Lisbon, Portugal – NOS Alive
July 14-17 – Ostrava, Czech Republic – Colors of Ostrava Festival
July 15 – Gräfenhainchen, Germany – Melt Festival
July 17 – Suffolk, UK – Latitude Festival
July 20 – Portland, ME – Thompson’s Point
July 21 – Boston, MA – Blue Hills
July 22-24 – Ontario, CA – Way Home Music and Arts Festival
July 23-24 – Detroit, MI – MOPOP Festival
July 25 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
July 27 – Council Bluffs, IA – Stir Cove
July 29-31 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga Festival
Aug 10 – Oslo, Norway – Øya Festival
Aug 11 – Gothenberg, Sweden – Way Out West Festival
Aug 13 – Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival
Aug 15 – Budapest, Hungary – Sziget Festival
Aug 19-21 – Biddinghuizen, Netherlands – Lowlands Festival
Aug 19 – Hasselt, Belgium – Pukkelpop
Aug 24-27 – Zürich, Switzerland – Zürich Openair
Aug 25 28 – Charleville Mézières – Cabaret Vert Festival
*With YACHT as opener
*# With YACHT and BØRNS as opener
@ With Okay Kaya as opener
^ With Bob Moses as opener