The gauzy French electronica band M83 regularly admits to the big influence of schlocky '80s teen movies on its sound.
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.
