Saturdays = Youth is the fifth studio album by French electronic band M83, first released on 11 April 2008. The album was produced by Ken Thomas, known for his work with Sigur Rós, The Sugarcubes, Cocteau Twins, and Suede, with co-production by Ewan Pearson (who has also produced for Tracey Thorn, The Rapture, and Ladytron) and M83 leader Anthony Gonzalez. The album yielded four singles: "Couleurs" in February 2008, "Graveyard Girl" in April, "Kim & Jessie" in July and "We Own the Sky" in December. "Kim & Jessie" was placed at number 256 on Pitchfork Media's list of The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s in August 2009. Saturdays = Youth is the fifth studio album by French electronic band M83, first released on 11 April 2008. The album was produced by Ken Thomas, known for his work with Sigur Rós, The Sugarcubes, Cocteau Twins, and Suede, with co-production by Ewan Pearson (who has also produced for Tracey Thorn, The Rapture, and Ladytron) and M83 leader Anthony Gonzalez. The album yielded four singles: "Couleurs" in February 2008, "Graveyard Girl" in April, "Kim & Jessie" in July and "We Own the Sky" in December. "Kim & Jessie" was placed at number 256 on Pitchfork Media's list of The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s in August 2009. false 2024-02-01 21:55:59 Saturdays = Youth 7.6 2008 2008-04-15 2008-04-15 62 Electro Electronic Indie Rock Post-Rock Rock Shoegaze 114021 2128421 4491675f-2e47-489d-8c72-9d71ab7f747e 6d7b7cd4-254b-4c25-83f6-dd20f98ceacd 81fa7a0e-451f-3e51-8bc8-b8ab2b599bf0 M83 AlbumArtist M83 Artist M83 M83 1 You, Appearing 03:39 2 Kim & Jessie 05:23 3 Skin of the Night 06:12 4 Graveyard Girl 04:51 5 Couleurs 08:34 6 Up! 04:27 7 We Own the Sky 05:02 8 Highway of Endless Dreams 04:35 9 Too Late 04:59 10 Dark Moves of Love 03:18 11 Midnight Souls Still Remain 11:10 M83 (French pronunciation: [ɛm katʁ vɛ̃ tʁwa]) are a French electronic music group formed in Antibes in 1999. Initially the duo of multi-instrumentalists Nicolas Fromageau and Anthony Gonzalez, Fromageau parted ways shortly after touring for their second album Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts. Gonzalez remains the sole constant member of the project, as the primary songwriter and lead vocalist. The band has released nine studio albums, including the Grammy Award-nominated Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, in addition to two soundtracks. Gonzalez records primarily on his own, with numerous guest musicians. The band is signed to Mute Records and found breakout success in 2011 with "Midnight City", Hurry Up, We're Dreaming's lead single. Their sound has been described as dream pop, new wave, shoegaze, as well as ambient.