Stereolab detail first album in fifteen years, Instant Holograms On Metal Film
Stereolab have announced their forthcoming full-length album, Instant Holograms On Metal Film, and share new single, "Aerial Troubles".
Their first new record in fifteen years, it features thirteen songs written by Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane; performed by Laetitia, Tim, Andy Ramsay, Joe Watson and Xavi Muñoz, who comprise the current touring line-up of the band.
The album also features guest contributions by Cooper Crain and Rob Frye (Bitchin Bajas), Ben LaMar Gay (International Anthem), Ric Elsworth, Holger Zapf (Cavern Of Anti-Matter), Marie Merlet and Molly Hansen Read.
Last week, some fans of the band received a package stamped “unsolicited Stereolab material”. Inside was a 7” single containing "Aerial Troubles" on one side, an instrumental version on the flip, with a cryptic wordsearch insert.
Stereolab are touring globally this year with UK dates in December, including newly announced dates including Brixton Electric on 14 December.
Tracklist:
- Mystical Plosives
- Aerial Troubles
- Melodie Is A Wound
- Immortal Hands
- Vermona F Transistor
- Le Coeur Et La Force
- Electrified Teenybop!
- Transmuted Matter
- Esemplastic Creeping Eruption
- If You Remember I Forgot How To Dream Pt.1
- Flashes From Everywhere
- Colour Television
- If You Remember I Forgot How To Dream Pt.2
Instant Holograms On Metal Film, is set for release on 23 May, co-released by the band’s own label Duophonic UHF Disks, and Warp Records, and is available to pre-order via stereolab.co.uk.
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