M83, Shygirl, FKJ and the best songs we heard this week
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What new track does M83 open the show with and why is it called “Blister Sunrise”?
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This episode of All Songs Considered comes to you from NPR Music and the NPR Music Podcast. NPR Music also where you will find the reviews and other brilliant work of writer and editor Sheldon Pierce. Hello, Robin. You know, we nerd out on this show about all kinds of stuff happening in the world of music, and including our most recent episode, I'm not sure if you heard it, uh, about cover songs that we think are better than the originals. Yes,
yes.
That was with Dora and Lars. If you don't want to be associated with the show as far like in in the same breath as that episode
People was was there a lot of sort of contentious chatter that came out of that one?
Absolute dumpster fire.
How does Shygirl’s “Alyse” blend bone‑rattling club energy with euphoric pop?
Yeah. There was there was one at one moment in the show I said, you know, I played this song for my daughter and she totally disagreed with me. And I said, What do you know? You're eleven years old. And uh somebody wrote in and said, No, sir, you are the one who doesn't know what they're talking about and your daughter is the one who is right. Thanks for listening. But uh every other week or so uh on the show we like to just talk about new music. Yeah. The best new songs out now, and that's what we're doing this week. I thought I'd start with this new cut from M eighty three. You an M eighty three fan of that? I am. Yeah. So this is mainly the music of Anthony Gonzalez. Makes this real shoe gazy dream pop kind of music.
What makes FKJ’s “Little Little Voice” featuring Labrinth stand out on the new album Tiber?
He's from France. A lot of M eighty three's music has this real maximalist vibe to it. Not in an overwhelming like everything but the kitchen sink, you know, chaotic sort of way. More in that the universe Is just cracking open and and and revealing itself to you. Just big widescreen sound. That is what you get on this new song from M eighty three. It's called Blister Sunrise, not to be confused with Blister in the Sun. The song Blister Sunrise, it's from a new album called I Wrote You a Letter.
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That's just
Yeah.
You're really speaking my language with this one, Robin. Yeah.
Why is Renny Conti’s “Leaving the Zoo” a reflective lo‑fi folk moment on the episode?
Is that your vibe? I love any shoe gay sound that feels like it's simultaneously like wrapping you up in a big blanket, but also just like tossing you out into a boundless expanse. It's like Exactly. There is such a weird euphoria that sets in when you start listening to music like this. And this song in particular It has these little moments where it just cuts out. Oh, that when the bottom drops
out and it comes back with the scream. That's that scream off in the distance. Screaming and in music is a thing now like that. Like you hear it in Phoebe Bridger's new album too. Yeah. It's on there. It really is uh says something about the times.
Yeah.
How does Asher White’s “My Day at the Casino” mix funk, wordplay and breakup themes?
I mean there's some there's something cathartic about it, right? It's primal. Yeah. It's uh it's a true purge an expression of the self that requires no explanation. Yeah. And so there is this sense in the song of like really screaming into the void. Literally.
I'm not entirely sure what it's about. There are words in there. You can't really make any of them out, but Anthony Gonzalez has said that uh he re recorded this new album w while being in in this deeply disillusioned state of mind, just about the state of the world. And he wanted a sound that reflected that state of mind. Even the name of the album, I think, I wrote you a letter, it conjures a simpler time.
What’s the story behind Rachel Chinouriri’s “Make Believe” and its dark synth vibe?
When people would actually sit down, you know, before times in an analog world, when you would actually write a letter to somebody and and send it through the mail to them. Blister Sunrise was the song from the album I Wrote You a Letter from M eighty Three. That's an album he just announced it, but it's coming up pretty quick.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What new track does M83 open the show with and why is it called “Blister Sunrise”?
0:00–1:06
2
How does Shygirl’s “Alyse” blend bone‑rattling club energy with euphoric pop?
1:06–1:49
3
What makes FKJ’s “Little Little Voice” featuring Labrinth stand out on the new album Tiber?
1:49–5:36
4
Why is Renny Conti’s “Leaving the Zoo” a reflective lo‑fi folk moment on the episode?
5:36–6:20
5
How does Asher White’s “My Day at the Casino” mix funk, wordplay and breakup themes?
6:20–7:05
6
What’s the story behind Rachel Chinouriri’s “Make Believe” and its dark synth vibe?
7:05–8:03
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How does the conversation with NPR Music writer Sheldon Pearce shape the episode’s perspective on new music?
8:03–10:17
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What are the standout moments and takeaways from this week’s “All Songs Considered” roundup?
10:17–44:55