M83
 

What a fantastic band, don't know if theres any fans here since its more electronica/shoegazey music but i thought i would go out on a limb, hopefully i dont get too shot down.

Saw these guys the other night and they were mindblowingly good, much better then i was expecting. Their new album "Saturdays=Youth" is amazing and i think it will be regarded as a masterpiece in a few years along with their previous effort "Before the Dawn Heals Us".

anyone care to discuss?

I quite liked some tunes on the Saturdays=Youth album, was that the latest one? I wouldn't go as far as to say itwill be regarded as a masterpiece though.

I love them. Saturdays=Youth ended up on my NR TOP TEN 2008 list. Search for thread if you give a F.

I like them! A great fun band.

yeah they were amazing live too. a very loud and almost psychedelic show, great lights too.

my one thing that i definately think is that he should keep Morgan Kibby (who did vocals on S=Y and tours with him) as a permanent member. she was just as important as he was in the show, and her keyboard and vocal parts were often the highlight of many amazing songs

Awesome band, Saturdays=Youth was really good, their earlier work is great too

I agree that she had a HUUUGE part in the best songs on there. BUT one thing I love about M83 is that each album seems totally different to a degree. And a lot of that has to do with lineup shifts.

Yeah, Morgan Kibby is awesome. Her vocals made some songs sound really cool. I would like to see her come back. But if she doesn't I hope he finds someone else who is just as good, or better

There is a thread about them somewhere, I distinctly remember that, but I am too lazy and fucked up on codeine to look.

A lot of their songs are weird, because they have these really beautiful, amazing parts but the songwriting is almost always awful. There is no real flow to a lot of their songs (specifically on the last few albums), it's just this weird cut and pasting of sections. Look at a song like "Don't Save Us From the Flames" (which I love, actually), it just feels like these disconnected parts put together.. it doesn't always work, and it makes the songs all feel kinda just.. eh. They don't tell much of a story, they just have one cool part, then maybe a shitty part, then a cool part, etc. A small criticism but something I noticed.

They have some other songs, though, that just build and build and build. I love those. I think his older albums are way better. Saturdays=Youth bored the hell out of me.

I really like this band, actually, but I don't LOVE them. They do have some really great songs though, so yeah.

I really like Before the Dawn Heals Us but S=Y didn't do anything for me.

I've noticed that a lot of people tend to either like their first couple, and not S=Y, or vice versa. I like all their albums. In different ways. I really loved S=Y. And I think DEAD CITIES is my favorite.

There was one good song on Dead Cities, i just can't remember how it was called since I lost the CD somewhere.

Other than that, I saw them live once in 2005, it was meh

i like them a lot
graveyard girl = <3

yeah, "Graveyard Girl" is ridonk

There's this one song I really like by them called... something and a guitar.. uhh..

"A Guitar and a Heart"!


Something about that song, I dunno. It's kinda cheesy but it's awesome.

This statment sums up what I love about M83.

this song absolutely slayed live. it was the highlight of the night, just play it with the volume on full and turn up bass and you'll get the idea.

They have some really pretty songs. I dig em. In fact I was just listening to S=Y the other day. That one I didn't like so much at first, but it has kinda grown on me now.