M83 Electronica Act Gets Overwhelmed by Orchestration in an Intriguing but Unwieldy Disney Hall Showcase

So to contextualize its orchestral debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Hall on Saturday night, let's use a familiar metric: the cast of “The Breakfast Club."

The band's hazy breakout album Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts conjured Molly Ringwald -- moody and distant with occasional glimmers of flamboyance. Follow-up Before The Dawn Heals Us was M83's cocky and swaggering Emilio Estevez record, quickly amended with the sweet-hearted pop sugar of Saturdays = Youth,the band's Anthony Michael Hall album.