“AVC: You’ve mentioned the Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness as a kind of model for the album. Was there anything specific about it that inspired you for Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming?
AG: Not really. I wasn’t really inspired by the songs of that album, but more by the aesthetic. When I was a teenager and I first had that album in my hands, I was like the happiest kid on the planet because I was waiting for the album for so long. I missed school to be able to go to the record store and wait in line in the morning to buy the album. Once I had it in my hands, I was listening to it over and over, nonstop, for one month. We don’t do that anymore with records because there’s so much stuff out, there’s so much information. You can be excited about one album for 20 minutes, but then there’s something new coming out. It’s kind of a big jungle, and I feel lost. I don’t know what to listen to nowadays. This album is kind of a tribute to the way we used to listen to music back in the day.”

— Anthony Gonzalez of M83

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