Earlier this month, plenty of Stereolab followers obtained a mysterious 7″ vinyl single within the mail labeled “Unsolicited Stereolab Materials.” The disc, which was additionally despatched to some Pitchfork staffers, contained a music referred to as “Aerial Troubles” on one aspect and its instrumental model of the observe on the reverse. Now, the band has launched the brand new music and introduced an accompanying album, marking Stereolab’s first new music in 15 years. Instant Holograms on Metal Film arrives Might 23 through Stereolab’s label, Duophonic UHF Disks, and Warp Records. Take a look at the hallucinatory video for “Aerial Troubles,” directed by French photographer and painter Laurent Askienazy, under.
Alongside unique members Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, Prompt Holograms on Metallic Movie options contributions from Cooper Crain, Rob Frye, Ben LaMar Homosexual, Ric Elsworth, Holger Zapf, Marie Merlet, and Molly Learn. The 7″ that the band despatched out additionally included fill-in and word-finder puzzles that included band members’ names and different hints at new music. The logos for Warp and Duophonic UHF Disks had been additionally printed on the only sleeve.
Stereolab’s most up-to-date album, Not Music, got here out again in 2010. Within the decade-plus since, they’ve reissued plenty of data, most just lately Pulse of the Early Brain, which acquired the re-release therapy in 2022. Earlier this 12 months, they introduced extra inexpensive reissues of seven albums, in double-disc kind fairly than the sooner triple-disc editions.
Stereolab are additionally on the brink of embark on an international tour subsequent month, taking part in varied cities in North America and Europe by way of the tip of the 12 months.
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Prompt Holograms on Metallic Movie:
01 Mystical Plosives
02 Aerial Troubles
03 Melodie Is a Wound
04 Immortal Arms
05 Vermona F Transistor
06 Le Coeur et la Drive
07 Electrified Teenybop!
08 Transmuted Matter
09 Esemplastic Creeping Eruption
10 If You Keep in mind I Forgot Methods to Dream Pt. 1
11 Flashes From All over the place
12 Color Tv
13 If You Keep in mind I Forgot Methods to Dream Pt. 2
