M83: Saturday = Youth

[dubman]

the benefit to getting an mp3 player for your birthday where you can fit ALL the music you have is that you can listen to things on a whim, which i did for this album today after about a month of sitting around on my hard drive.

i cant believe i actually like it. the 80s is such a black hole for me, i can scarcely take anything from that decade seriously. overproduced, underproduced, cheesy, excessive... any good ideas got drowned in bad ones eventually. the whole look and feel of it lacked any real punch and just seemed like the growing pains of new technology. i know theres a lot of people who grew up and love what it all was and disagree, but i was born in 85. it was going away when i got to an age when i could remember it and its residuals in the early 90s were pretty lame.

it's not like this album has a new twist on anything that modernizes it. there's no trace of irony or a new look, it's just that everything is how it would be if there werent those overenthused and embarrassing missteps that plagued so much of that decade (imo). that's not to say there isnt the typical heroic outpour of earnestness that M83 positively radiate at every opportunity, and it can be cheesy at times, but not cringingly so, because it's well-written and m83 is actually a good band.
plus i just like listening to it. it's not an exercise in an interesting new flavor. it feels legit and complete. i would have bought the CD today if i wasnt a little strapped right now, but i certainly plan to.