Name: Fab Four Suture
Brand: Stereolab

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375 Media

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Release date

2006-03-03

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5866932

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644918019022

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Stereolab

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Too Pure

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Electronic

Too Pure was a London-based independent record label formed in 1990 by Richard Roberts and Paul Cox. The label gained prominence after the release of PJ Harvey's debut album Dry in 1992, with funding support from Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of 4AD. Too Pure later became majority owned by the Beggars Group. In April 2008, Beggars Group decided to retire the Too Pure imprint and transferred key artists to their subsidiary label, 4AD. The label operated a monthly subscription service called The Singles Club until December 2017 when it ceased operations. Today, its catalogue is part of Beggars Arkive.

Stereolab formed in London in 1990 by record collector Tim Gane and French chanteuse Laetitia Sadier. They were active between 1990 and 2009, when the band took a 10-year hiatus. In 2019 they reunited for live performances to promote a year-long seven album reissue campaign. Sean O'Hagan was a member from 1993 to 1994 and he continued appearing on later records for occasional guest appearances.

The band consists of Tim Gane on guitar, Laetitia Sadier on vocals, Gina Morris (1991) on vocals, Mary Hansen (1992-2002) (died 2002) on vocals, Martin Kean (1990-1993) on bass, Duncan Brown (1993-1996) on bass, Richard Harrison (1996-1998) on bass, Simon Johns (1998-2009) on bass, Joe Dilworth (1990-1992) on drums, Andy Ramsay (1992-2009, 2019-) on drums, Sean O'Hagan (1993-94), Katharine Gifford(1934–1945), Morgane Lhote(1967–1971), Dominic Jeffery(1957–1967), Joe Watson(1965–1981), Joe Walters(1926–1935).

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'fab four suture' is a collection of six recently released singles (three from september 2005 and three which were just released in march 2006). whilst the harvesting of vinyl-only releases can often lead to an unsatisfactory full-length, the source material which was jacked for 'fab four suture' benefits from being of the finest quality imaginable - with the newly invigorated stereolab mining a rich seam of creativity that bodes very well for their many admirers. opening with the sunny-d vocals of 'kyberneticka babicka pt.1', stereolab remind you just what made them so compelling in the first place - tagging a beach full of choral goodness onto oscillating organs, rumtiddlyump drums and an almost lecherous undercurrent of unease (continued on 'kyberneticka babicka pt. 2'). elsewhere, both 'i was sunny rainphase' and 'platic mile' are the kind of genreless morricone-influenced gaelic-pop that make you want to move to paris, 'excursions into "oh, a-oh"' is blondie reimagined in a toy-box, whilst 'widow weirdo' is about as concentrated a shot of stereolab you could legally consume and still drive afterwards.

Fab Four Suture

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