M83 reacts to Saturdays=Youth being named DiS' album of the year
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by Sean Adams
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▾ 12 comments 17:29 December 11th, 2008
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Share on FacebookToday, Drowned in Sound announced our top 50 albums of 2008. DiS caught up with the maker of our album of the year Saturdays=Youth, for a brief chat.
As in previous years, we like to let the winner know before we let the public in on who's won. On hearing he'd topped the list, Anthony Gonzalez, the man behind M83 (currently touring the arena circuit with Kings of Leon) sent us this note:
Deciding to go in a new direction, away from the comfort zone of what's expected is a tricky prospect. The fact that Saturdays=Youth seems to make people's ears happy... what more rewarding feeling for taking a risk?
It's pretty mind-blowing to be acknowledged by the very site I have read for so long. It gives me an incredible confidence to begin the new album. Thank you!
A
DiS will be running a full length interview with Anthony about the album next week.
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Well bugger me.
I'm astonished.
Pleased, extremely pleased, but utterly astonished.
Good call!
^^^^ this
i'm so surprised this was named number 1 but very very happy at that all the same.
good choice
very happy :)
its definatly my favourite album of this year
congrats M83
well yeah
i'd fifth those sentiments. Can't bloody wait for tomorrows church gig. I think he's on just after the Leper Benefit Hymn Recital.
if this makes his next album any inches better
than S=Y, I'll die. You've done good, DiS.
SO DIS' BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR GOES TO..
best new order rip-off of the year. bullshit.
I'm amazed
this album is so fucking boring
well
i'm surprised too. Great album, but quite boring.
it is a terrible album
but then again 2008 has been a terrible year for music, i can not think of a single good lp released this year, so it is ionly apt for a really crap lp wins the dis lp of the year.
Smacks of indier than thou???
Thought I'd buy. Good but not great, eh? Some cool tracks but best of year???? Eye of the beholder, of course but....did DiS have to look around this hard to find a 'best' album that was unique to them?
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