M83 Saturdays=Youth
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- NONEIS0
I too am in love with this album, sitting here listening to it as I scan NT :D
- see_bee0
ohhh. i'm gonna have to respectfully disagree here. i was expecting something along the lines of their previous work, which i love- but the new album just doesn't do it for me.
- Raniator0
Ooh, i didn't realise there was a new album.
I was raving about Digital Shades, Vol. 1 a week or two ago.
I'm all over this, right now.
- TaylorB0
good...
- Jnr_Madison0
Just listened to it, it's ok, one level above pish.
- elaltito0
I saw them live last night, it was fuuuuuuuuccccccking amazing.
the music ACTUALLY sounds better when they play live....
the presence of more 'real' instruments in a purer 'less-synthed' way makes it feel more tangible and and even stronger...or maybe its just that my laptop speakers cant compete with a live sound system :)
- mg330
29 May 2008 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, Illinois
Yay and Nay... they should be playing a much bigger venue in Chicago. I really can't stand the place they are playing. The room is shaped like an L with a stage in the corer, diagonally. It's a very odd layout inside and most shows I've seen there did not sound that great. It's more like a large bar with a decent sized stage than a dedicated music venue arranged properly. I'll still go, but I swore to never go there again after seeing British Sea Power there last month.
- mg330
From his site, here's everything i was trying to say about the 80s movie references:
But fans expecting more of the same would be disappointed – Gonzalez already knew what he wanted to do with Saturdays=Youth: "I wanted to make the record sound really Eighties."
He succeeded, of course. If the doomy synthetic romance of his earlier work hinted at a fetish for Eighties goth staples such as Sisters of Mercy and the Cure, this album's chiming astro-pop finds Gonzalez taking a stroll on the sunnier side of the decade. Serene numbers such as "Kim and Jessie", "Graveyard Girl" and "Up!" are haunted by Kate Bush and the Cocteau Twins. The dulcet female voice on the album belongs to Morgan Kibby, singer in an LA band called the Romanovs. Gonzalez was introduced to Kibby by his film-director friend Eva Husson, for whose forthcoming feature, Tiny Dancer, he has composed the soundtrack. "I went to Morgan's MySpace page and I got a crush on her voice – it's very soft and clear. So I asked her to sing on my record," he says. "You can hear that she has Eighties influences as well – this record is all about Eighties influences."
He's serious, too. The red-haired Molly Ringwald lookalike on the sleeve? That's intentional. Gonzalez says his main influences for the album are English bands like Tears For Fears and Cocteau Twins, as well as classic John Hughes teen movies such as The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles. "On this record I wanted to have the feeling of a teenager mixed with this period of the Eighties," he says. "I also wanted 11 different-sounding songs on the record – none of the songs sound the same."
- Knuckleberry0
indeed a great album, thank you for the tip (just the tip though)
- elaltito0
i saw them at la maroquinerie in paris which is a venue i really like, some people might say its too small and awkward, but its really intimate (200), and the sound eats you alive in the space
- Seanbot0
Any idea who directed the album artwork? It accompanies the album perfectly.
- ********0
"Skin of the night" is pretty fucking sick, especially with studio headphones on. Theres a lot of elecrtonic acts out there and a lot of their mastering is worth shit. Not this album.
- dibec0
Still jaming to it. Just hate the story interjections. Really dumb what she is saying.
- ********0
Isn't "they" just one guy?
- robco0
ya, they'll be in SF on the 21st.
- big-papes0
can someone throw this record on the FMT?
- ********0
what kind of music is this>?
- shoe gazer, with eclectic hints of boards of kaneeedaaaaa!SteveJobs