upon first sitting down and listening to this, it sounded oddly familiar in more than one way. it heavily reminded me of the feel of the sixety and the type of culture it had, electric, bold and modern, yet melodic. not to mention the thought of andy warhol comming to mind. then my instinctic were confirmerd, well at least the ansy warhol part. i mean, take a peak at some of the album art work. it looks like it could have come staight from his museum in pittsburg, or other pop artists of the time. if i could relate them to any other bands, or see how people might enjoy them if they like stereolab they would be something among the likes of tortoise, elf power, and luna.

Released in 96’ on Elektra, a sect of the infamous Atlantic records. One band I’m sure everyones heard of shared this same recording company. The Doors. On the side notes two other honorable mentions are those of Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne.

best descirbed as '60s pop with an art rock infringement. Stereolab were one of the most influential alternative bands of the '90s. Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier brought about this wave of goodness. To me at least, they coined the phrase "lounge pop rock". The sound can be descirbed as continuous bright rhythm joined with light singsong vocals sometimes in french. obiovulsly by hearing them you would see that synth played a roll in their distinctive sound.

highlights for this album appear in “cybele’s Reverie” and “Precolator”. Cybele’s Reverie is incredibly familiar, but i jsut can not place it, i know it will probably drive me insane, but oh well. Precolaror has the tear-drop sound of synth opening and happens in the song a few times, and the pristine xylaphone break is chilling, and the strings repreat the same thing, and they all overlap and its jsut a beautiful thing.

i dont rememeber exactly how i discovered Stereolab. they were one of the bands i always confuse with a different band. like id always confuse the get up kids and saves the day. so many dynamos and the new pornographers. sonic youth and the polyphonic spree. bands that have nothing in comon, i confuse. well i always confused LCD sound system with stereolab, so somewhere along the line i started listening to them.

they are on tour in the US but not in the mid-weat, sorry kiddies. and in may they head off to Europe.

“won’t go back to the days couldn’t even start a fire
won’t go back to the days america’d not been discovered
the transition has been operated for ever
what had gone on before from what there’d been after”
-slow fast hazel