M83
with Berg Sans Nipple
- When
- Wed May 21, 2008
- Where
- Great American Music Hall (GAMH)
- Time
- Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm
- Cost
- $16
- Tags
- Music, Rock, DJ Outlets
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Description
The idea of youth – wasted, gilded or otherwise – has always featured prominently in M83's music. "I loved being a teenager," says Anthony Gonzalez , who is M83. "That's when I discovered music and started to take drugs and party with my friends."That time of discovery – and of course the era in which Gonzalez was a teenager – greatly impacted the making of "Saturdays = Youth." "On this record I wanted to have the feeling of a teenager mixed with this period of the Eighties," Gonzalez explains.
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. Main influences for the album are English bands such as Tears For Fears and Cocteau Twins , as well as classic John Hughes teen movies such as "The Breakfast Club" and "Sixteen Candles" (The red-haired Molly Ringwald look-alike on the cover is no mistake).
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