Vinyl comes in bespoke Gatefold sleeve housed inside a heavyweight clear PVC wallet. Plus Poster with Lyrics/Sleevenotes.
Catalog Number: LP-DUHF-29R
Color: Black
Format: LP
UPC: 5060384617121
Remastered from original tapes. Bonus album of unreleased demos. Co-released by band's own label Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records.
Stereolab's first full-length recording without guitarist / vocalist Mary Hansen, who died in a tragic accident in december of 2002, Margerine Eclipse finds the band soldiering on in admirable fashion. Essentially picking up where they left off on 2001's Sound-Dust, the group continues to employ their trademark blend of vintage keyboards, airy french / english vocals, and frothy lounge-meets-electronica pop sensibilities. That's not to say that there absolutely no new developments; one can hear the occasional dash of hip-hop rhythm (La Demeure), Autechre-like laptop glitch-pop (Vonal Declosion), and even a bit of disco (at the end of album-closer Dear Marge) amid the familiarly odd time signatures, quirky socio-political lyrical observations, and postmodern retro-futurism. Most importantly, though, Stereolab's finely tuned knack for interesting arrangements, arresting timbres, and modestly elegant melodies remains unsullied.
* Remastered from original tapes.
* Bonus disk of unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate mixes.
* Co-released by band's own label Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records.
* Fold-out poster insert with lyrics and sleevenotes from Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane.
* LP in bespoke gatefold sleeve with DL card, housed inside a heavyweight clear PVC wallet.