M83 fans expecting the gleeful jaunt of Kim And Jesse will be in for a shock, as will anyone more recently lured into the web of the futuristic doom-dance Midnight City. But a shock, of course, isn't always a bad thing. You And The Night is the eponymous soundtrack for the French-language film directed by M83 mastermind Anthony Gonzalez's brother Yann, and it called for a sound more sobering than Gonzalez' prior laser-dream bombastics. Thus, You And The Night is more a 2013 take on a classical wintry orchestral sweep, with tranquil melodies driven by dignified pianos and flutes, short sectioned-off songs and reprises that tell a moody, lyric-less story. The opener, L'inconnu (which translates to "The Unknown), sounds like it's being broadcast amidst a unrelenting storm, and thus sets a theme for the album: stepping into darkness with blind faith.
