Stereolab have announced their first album in 15 years and shared new single ‘Aerial Troubles’. Check out full details below.
‘Instant Holograms On Metal Film’ is the follow up to the band’s last LP, 2010’s ‘Not Music?’ and will feature guest contributions from Cooper Crain and Rob Frye (Bitchin Bajas), Ben LaMar Gay (International Anthem), Ric Elsworth, Holger Zapf (Cavern Of Anti-Matter), Marie Merlet and Molly Hansen Read.
It will be released on May 23 on the band’s own label Duophonic UHF Disks, and Warp Records and will be available on double vinyl LP in standard and colour variants, as well as CD and digital formats. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.
The band have also shared their euphoric first single from the record ‘Aerial Troubles’, which you can listen to below and an album trailer.
The news follows on from the band recently teasing that new music was on the way after sending mysterious packages out to fans in the post.
The art-rock group’s founding members Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane reunited in 2019 alongside former bandmates Andy Ramsay and Joseph Watson after an initial run from 1990 to 2009.
Since then, the five-piece have toured the world and reissued their albums on vinyl as expanded editions that have included rare demos and extensive liner notes.
The full tracklisting for ‘Instant Holograms On Metal Film’ is as follows:
1. ‘Mystical Plosives’
2. ‘Aerial Troubles’
3. ‘Melodie Is A Wound’
4. ‘Immortal Hands’
5. ‘Vermona F Transistor’
6. ‘Le Coeur Et La Force’
7. ‘Electrified Teenybop!’
8. ‘Transmuted Matter’
9. ‘Esemplastic Creeping Eruption’
10. ‘If You Remember I Forgot How To Dream Pt.1’
11. ‘Flashes From Everywhere’
12. ‘Colour Television’
13. ‘If You Remember I Forgot How To Dream Pt.2’
Earlier this year, the band announced a 2025 tour that will begin in Europe from May to June, followed by a trek through North America run from September to November, and then a final December stretch in the UK.
They have now announced new dates at London’s Electric Brixton on December 14, the University of Wolverhampton at the Wulfrun Hall on December 12, and a tour warm-up show at The Booking Hall in Dover on May 24. Tickets for those shows will go on sale tomorrow (April 9) at 10am BST.
See the full list of dates below and find any remaining tickets for their UK tour here and US/European dates here.
The dates for Stereolab’s 2025 tour are:
MAY
24 — The Booking Hall – Dover
25 — Brussels, Belgium – Botanique Les Nuits Botanique
26 — Köln, Germany – Gloria
28 — Hamburg, Germany – Grunspan
29 — Berlin, Germany – Huxley Neue Welt
30 — Frankfurt, Germany – Zoom
31 — Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
JUNE
01 — Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
03 — Nantes, France – Stereolux
04 — Paris, France – Le Trianon
05 — Bordeaux, France – Barbey
06 — Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
07 — Madrid, Spain – Teatro Eslava
09 — Grenoble, France – La Belle Electrique
10 — Ferrara, Italy – Ferrara Sotto le Stelle
11 — Zurich, Switzerland – Volkshaus
12 — Munich, Germany – Hansa 36
14 — Zagreb, Croatia – Tvornica Kulture
15 — Budapest, Hungary – A38 Ship
16 — Vienna, Austria – WUK
17 — Prague, Czech Republic – Meet Factory
19 — Schorndorf, Germany – Manufaktur
20 — Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Den Atelier
JULY
11 — Cagliari, Italy – Siren Festival
SEPTEMBER
13 — Nashville, Tennessee – Brooklyn Bowl
14 — Atlanta, Georgia – Variety Playhouse
16 — Miami, Florida – Miami Beach Bandshell
18 — New Orleans, Louisiana – The Civic Theatre
19 — Athens, Georgia – Georgia Theatre
20 — Asheville, North Carolina – The Orange Peel
21 — Saxapahaw, North Carolina – Haw River Ballroom
23 — Washington, D.C. – Howard Theatre
24 — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Union Transfer
26 — Boston, Massachussetts – Royale
27 — Portland, Maine – State Theatre
OCTOBER
01 — Brooklyn, New York – Brooklyn Steel
03 — Burlington, Vermont – Higher Ground
04 — Montreal, Quebec – Théâtre Beanfield
06 — Toronto, Ontario – Danforth Music Hall
07 — Buffalo, New York – Asbury Hall
08 — Cleveland, Ohio – Globe Iron
09 — Chicago, Illinois – Metro
11 — Minneapolis, Minnesota – First Avenue
12 — Iowa City, Iowa – Hancher Auditorium at the Englert Theatre
14 — Denver, Colorda – Gothic Theatre
17 — Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
18 — Seattle, Washington – Neptune Theatre
19 — Portland, Oregon – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
21 — San Francisco, California – The Regency Ballroom
24 — Santa Cruz, California – Rio Theatre
25 — Los Angeles, California – The Bellwether
28 — San Diego, California – Observatory North Park
30 — Marfa, Texas – The Capri
31 — Austin, Texas – TBC
NOVEMBER
01 — Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
02 — Dallas, TX – Granada Theatre
12 — Mexico City, MX – Foro Indie Rocks!
DECEMBER
05 — Brighton – Corn Exchange
06 — London – Royal Festival Hall
08 — Glasgow – SWG3
09 — Leeds – Project House
11 — Manchester – O2 Ritz
12 — Wolverhampton – Wulfrun Hall
13 — Oxford – O2 Academy
14 — London – Electric Brixton
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