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Even more than Margerine Eclipse, Fab Four Suture sounds like Stereolab has adapted -- if not fully healed -- from the loss of Mary Hansen.
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This anthology of new and previously released 7” singles is inevitably somewhat dishevelled as an album, but then this extraordinary band has always worked best in bite-size.
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It is a little more scattered than the last few proper Stereolab albums in terms of musical threads, but the urbane electro-funk of “Interlock” as well as the jittery disco pomp of “Eye of the Volcano” prove that Stereolab is still tweaking the formula with one foot in Esquivel’s grave and the other several light years away.
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Fab Four Suture is a virtual treasure map, a plane of possibility.
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Entertainment WeeklyNot mind-blowing, but still a worthy trip. [10 Mar 2006, p.69]
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Fab Four Suture is a solid, satisfying listen front to back.
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MagnetThe formula is familiar... but the results can be stranger than recent 'Lab fare. [#71, p.91]
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MojoCompare this latest instalment of vivid, left-wing existentialist pop with past triumphs like Mars Audiac Quintet and Emperor Tomato Ketchup, and it's every bit as good. [Apr 2006, p.102]
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Quite a varied collection.
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It appears that the recording regime involved in focusing on a series of 7-inch singles rather than a new album has brought back some of the old creative spark.
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There is nothing intrinsically bad about it of course, but the album is consumed by the already menacingly "not intrinsically bad"-ness of their canon.
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Like all their best recordings, it sounds both like a “typical Stereolab album” and like nothing they’ve done before.
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Stereolab is arguably better now than it's ever been.
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These are talented writers/performers at the absolute top of their game. Just as relevant now as they ever were.
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UncutTheir naggingly overused Farfisa is balanced by otherwise beautifully layered, complex arrangements of trombone, electronics and harmony vox. [Apr 2006, p.118]
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Under The RadarVintage Stereolab. [#13, p.95]
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UrbThe album captures the band's unmistakable sound but they've also added some new flavors. [May 2006, p.91]
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Feb 6, 2015
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DavidRJul 9, 2006
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ArnoldDMar 27, 2006Quite a cheeseburger!