First of the Microbe Hunters by Stereolab (CD, 2000)

Elektra

0075596253727

19050196874

Stereolab

1990s

CD

2000

English

Indie Electronic, Experimental Rock, Post-Rock, Lo-Fi

Studio Recording

First of the Microbe Hunters

EP

383 Sec

Pop, Alternative, Rock

"...Simple, yet exotic fusion of cool Krautrock, suave French guitar-pop and luxurious lounge that made the group's mid-'90s offerings such cult classics...", 7 out of 10 - "...Palatable...it eases up on the rigorous deconstructivist tendencies...taking a cue from the carefree effervescence typical of recent live encounters....Always different, always the same...", "...The embodiment of their happy insularity: strait-laced pop music is shown the door by Krautesque repetition, but the 'Lab's fondness for Latin exotica pushes the music well clear of egghead tedium...", 4 stars out of 5 - "...Indecipherable, Marxist-Situationist lyrics, funkily motorik grooves, samba-friendly shakers, sweetly cooing vocal harmonies, the hum and gurgle of museum-bound synths, the strum and glide of a thousand gently stroked guitars...", 4 stars out of 5 - "...Sees their elevated brand of tuneful bleeps, bloodless harmonizing and motorik beats sculpted into the most luxuriant shapes yet....an aura of doleful sophistication pervades..."

Mary Hansen

Laetitia Sadier

1

Although Marketed As an Ep, this 40-min. Disc Ranks Alongside Any of Stereolab's "Proper" Albums.

SEAN O'hagan

7

United States