Tune up: Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming

The double album is, like the Holy Grail, an elusive—yet revered—treasure. After soaring to international stardom with his 2008 ambient electro-pop and 1980s synth epic Saturdays = Youth, M83 returns this month with the sprawling two-disc set Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. Anthony Gonzales, the young Frenchman behind the enigmatic stage name, calls the ambitious record nothing less than a summation of the first 30 years of his life. With its signature melodies and bouncy clarion calls to hit the dance floor, lead track “Midnight City” booms with a trendy pop sheen like M83 has never done before. It’s as if Gonzales is celebrating the passing of his youth by finally embracing modernity and bracing for the coming middle age. ilovem83.com