Review: Stereolab - Stereolab Chemical Chords

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The brutal edits on the review copy - intended to stop piracy - scupper the mood (Stereolab songs should build up and tail off, or pitch and yaw â€" but they never just stop) but even in its severed state Chemical Chords makes clear that this is classic Stereolab. By which term I don’t mean to be critical; here’s a set of 14 short pop-songs - 16 if you pick up the Japanese version â€" that show off all the things we've grown to love about the band: driving rhythms, 60s mood pieces, Sean O'Hagan's striking arrangements for brass and...

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