Name: Fab Four Suture
Brand: Stereolab

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Bonus disc: No

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pure190cd

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2006-03-06

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Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

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644918019022

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Stereolab

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

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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).

Throughout their career Stereolab has

'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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