“Valley Hi,” at just more than two minutes long, is one of the band’s shortest, and probably the best straightforward head bobber Chords has to offer.
If they so choose, the band could glide easily into their twilight days in regal fashion making music this sharp. Stereolab still sound, remarkably, like Stereolab (which is to say, like no other band you’ve ever known), their pop chops seemingly effortless. This, in large part, due to co-founder Tim Gane’s increasingly intuitive song craft over the years. Chords‘ focus on melody and mood-the former drawn tight as a bow, the latter an assured, if at times bubbly, effervescence-by now feels automatic. And though her sentiments may have grown shorter as the band’s ethos segued from hazy rockers to reflect more purely pop ambitions, they sound arguably sweeter.
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Chemical Chords, their 11th full length, funnels trademark organ drones and crisp guitar through an abbreviating filter as concise as the band has ever played.įrench-born siren Laetitia Sadier’s serenades still summon seduction in the compelling intermittence of tracks sung in both English and French. With nearly 20 years of relevancy under their wings, the London band continues to argue the cause of pristine pop songwriting in an age when short attention spans chew and spit out the next big internet phenomenon before they can even release a debut. Well see.Purveyors of the finest “space age bachelor pad music” this side of Saturn, Stereolab long ago reserved their slot in the annals of 20th century popular music’s storied halls. I dont know if were going to carry on very much longer.
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But maybe of being able to make a living out of what we do, and because people tend to not buy the records anymore, but download them for free, our income really, really suffers. I think were quite happy, we have a very lovely audience I find that a big part of is very impoverishing, and I think that on the contrary, it should be enriching. Stereolab are about as big as it can be without having "blown up. Are you still comfortable in your niche? A little foetus is not an actual baby, its just a little thing, and the idea is just this little thing that will become what it becomes. The beginning idea is like a little foetus. The ideas are a way to begin a record or a project, an excuse to begin. But theres a lot of emotional intuition that is feeding the music, even cosmic relations underlying it all its not just brains. I think he works more in the realm of ideas and always has. I dont think would admit to pouring emotions into his songs, although he clearly does theyre not completely cerebral songs. This album seems more emotionally charged than past releases. The continuation of this album theres a day side and then the night side is waiting to come out. will be out in the shape of tour singles, things like that, as well as another album, which I hope will come out in about six months time. We built many towers, 14 of which are on this album. So, this time we wanted to try out building towers, musical towers. Sadier: I guess what keeps us together is whether or not Tim has new ideas for us to present, to play with. Its been four years since the last Stereolab studio record, and youve been working on other projects in the meantime. Chemical Chords is a lovely reminder that Stereolab are a band, not an encyclopaedia, a groundbreaking group whose ideas continue to thrive almost two decades in. On the other, fans sometimes abandon "the Lab once theyve discovered those influences for themselves. Stereolabs renowned powers of reference have always been a blessing and a curse: on one hand, the band have a huge backlog of ideas and influences from which to pull great songs. Laetitia Sadier sings with a bittersweet touch, leading Ganes songs in full chanteuse mode. The sound is less computerized and more human trumpets, saxophones and strings exist where Teutonic blips existed before. While their records can be sprawling, this one is a collection of tight, complex pop songs Tim Gane has distilled the bands myriad influences into upbeat, even danceable numbers with structural roots in girl group and Motown tunes. Still, Chemical Chords has an organic warmth that distinguishes it from other releases. Seventeen years and 11 albums in, whats left to say about Stereolab? Their signature sound is so distinctive that its hard to itemize their catalogue ideas flow across records, and each one is so varied.
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