M83 - Saturday=Youth

  by Sarah Maybank

published: 21 / 1 / 2009

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Review

We say ethereal. You say wispy. We say samey, you say hypnotic. Your opinion of ‘Saturdays=Youth' depends solely on whether you think electronic soundscapes are utterly engrossing or merely musical wallpaper. Boasting synths as swoony as a Victorian lady sinking to her Chesterfield with a case of the vapours, this is definitely not stuff you’ll want to dance or start a revolution to. But there give it a few listens and there’s a good balance of radio-friendly moments (‘Graveyard Boy’ gallops along poptastically despite its teenage goth band-sounding title; ‘Up!’ sounds like one of Kylie’s breathier album tracks), and some more experimental – but not inaccessible - stuff (the dark, pullulating disco of ‘Couleurs’; the verse and chorus-free vortex of ‘Highway Of Endless Dreams’). You say reflective and stealthily engaging. We say, we’ll go with that.

Track Listing:-

1 You Appearing
2 Kim & Jessie
3 Skin of the Night
4 Graveyard Girl
5 Couleurs
6 Up!
7 We Own the Sky
8 Highway of Endless Dreams
9 Too Late
10 Dark Moves of Love
11 Midnight Souls Still Remain

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