STEREOLAB Margerine Eclipse - Original UK 2-LP - High Llamas Post Rock McCarthy

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STEREOLAB

Margerine Eclipse

Original UK 2-LP released on Duophonic Records in 2004.
Includes insert.

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Stereolab's music is so consistent, and so consistently pretty, that it has become nearly criticism-proof; the band do what they do so completely that it's almost a matter of accepting or rejecting their music whole instead of analyzing it. But while Stereolab's mix of '50s and '60s lounge, vintage electronic music, and Krautrock may have crossed over into easy listening indie pop a few albums ago, they still can't be dismissed easily.

Margerine Eclipse, the band's tenth full-length, can sound a bit like a collage of pieces from their nine other albums, but the overall effect is more retrospective than repetitive. It's arguably the most direct work Stereolab have done since Emperor Tomato Ketchup and it continues Sound-Dust's trend of gathering the sounds the band explored on their previous work and tweaking them slightly. The album trades in the bright yet somehow bittersweet pop at which the group have always excelled, albeit in a more streamlined form than it's taken over the course of their past few albums. The busy beats, whimsical noises, unconventional melodies, and, of course, lovely harmonies that define Stereolab are all present and accounted for.

But Margerine Eclipse's best songs are good enough that they resemble a greatest-hits collection from an alternate universe: "Sudden Stars" is as coolly lovely as it was on the Instant 0 in the Universe EP, with its delicate, measured synth and vocal lines rising and falling in graceful arcs of sound. "Vonal Déclosion"'s twangy guitars and lush strings nod to Sean O'Hagan's involvement, and the layers of Laetitia Sadier's vocals are seamless, but on songs like this, Mary Hansen's voice is missed more than ever ("Feel and Triple" is a sweet tribute to her). "Cosmic Country Noir" is another of Margerine Eclipse's standout tracks, and indeed one of the best Stereolab songs in a long time; on paper, its percolating percussion, chiming synths and guitars, and simple lyrics about the pleasures of the country might not seem all that special, but in practice it's exceptionally beautiful.

Tracks Are :-

Record One

Vonal Declosion
Need To Be
Sudden Stars

Cosmic Country Noir
La Demeure
Margerine Rock

Record Two

The Man With 100 Cells
Margerine Melodie
Hillbilly Motobike

Feel And Triple
Bop Scotch
Dear Marge

Released on 'Duophonic Records' in 2004

Catalogue No. D-UHF-D29

Discs are in EX++ condition

Sleeve is in EX++ condition (opened but still mostly in shrink)

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