Word: sadier
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...clocking in over 75 minutes. But this never becomes a strain, and the songs distinguish themselves nicely. Gone is the drone that was the band's early trademark; instead, they've gone for more orthodox song structures. Lovely string flourishes garnish "Puncture in the Radar," while lead singer Laetitia Sadier and Mary Hansen harmonize beautifully...
Beneath the pop trappings, Stereolab remains Stereolab. The band's Marxist ideology (with a strongly feminist bent) still reveals itself in Sadier's lyrics. The poppy sounds offset the lyrics nicely: it's Marxism to fall in love...
...Stereolab's charisma did not lay claim to the reverence garnered from their fans, the power must have partially come from the sounds emanating from the group's cache of analog relics and digital gadgets barricading their stage. Undoubtedly, more than just francophiles delight in Sadier's irresistible French lyrics and Marxist banter. Backed in part by Australian-born Mary Hansen, Sadier's voice wafted ethereally between the electronic imagery...
...their most recent foray in appropriating a selection of jazz styles, have garnered them a strong cult following both here and across the Atlantic. Moreover, with these guys darlings of the pop music industry, it's not uncommon for more mainstream bands to drop the names of Gane and Sadier as what they're listening...
...moments like those were fortunately few and far between. For the most part, it was a liberating experience for those in attendance, expatriates and otherwise. Presenting a treat, the group debuted the "Contronatura," the last song off their latest album. "We've never played this before," warned Sadier in her French-tinged accent, "so be prepared." This song perhaps best represents the jazz influence that permeates Stereolab's latest excursion into their artificial realm of dots and loops...