There's a lot of 80's-tinged, nostalgia-driven synth music out there, but none as brazen as Kids.
Kids, which you'll note is called "Kids", is cloyingly, cartoonishly nostalgic.
Kids (featuring songs called Kids, Youth, Saturday Mornings, Arcade Dreams), has teal and pink cover art, set in a mall, complete with neon signs, arcade games, a soda machine and a timestamp in the corner, putting this in the era of VHS. And yes, as a bonus, in case you didn't get it, in case it was too subtle, procedes to WRITE OUT IN TEXT ON THE COVER OF THE ALBUM that the year is 1985, and fuckit, let's put the time right as you're probably getting out of school you doe-eyed escapee of your miserable present.
I'd call it parody if I didn't know better.
The actual music is as ham-fisted, with only the reprise of the title track actually touching any part of this black, deeply-bored-with-this-shit heart of mine 2.5/5
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