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SATURDAYS = YOUTH
by
M83

M83’s SATURDAYS=YOUTH represents hard evidence that the cinema of John Hughes, with its seminal soundtracks, just may have permanently established “1980s USA” as the definitive teenage milieu on a global scale: Here is a CD by a 26-year-old in France who reminisces about his early-double-digits by transplanting them to the faraway hills of our far-off country’s far-out decade, fusing the sounds of the era with his own distinguished brand of cinematic, ambient electronic music.

The results are pretty staggering, and from time to time, sweetly familiar. SATURDAYS bounces into the musical ether now and then, landing on earth only for a few songs at a stretch before springing off into space again. But when its feet are firmly planted on the ground, the year is unquestionably 1985, and the place is Shermer High.