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If John Hughes made another Brat Pack movie today, M83 would undoubtedly be called upon to compose the soundtrack.

While the man behind M83, Frenchman Anthony Gonzalez, has always had a penchant for the decade of synth and shoulder pads and paid homage, his latest record Saturdays = Youth fully realizes its sound.

No surprise, seeing as he used analog instruments rather than computers, employed a songstress with a Kate Bush quality and partnered with a producer who also worked with the Cocteau Twins. Tracks like “Kim & Jessie” and “Skin of the Night” that we have on repeat capture the mood and the melody of being young and like totally hormonal.

But you’ll need more than an album download to warrant calling up your high school boyfriend and donning blue eyeliner again, which is why you should know that M83 performs in the flesh at Richard’s on Richards tonight.

That’s a new kind of nostalgia no old yearbook can supply.

Saturdays = Youth available at iTunes ($9.99), show at Richard’s starts at 9:30 p.m., advance tickets $20 at Zulu Records.