Fergal Kinney
, March 15th, 2021 10:24
By 1995 Stereolab should have been at the peak of their powers, so why didn t it feel that way to Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier? Fergal Kinney examines the series of events that saw the band escape the dead end they d ended up in culminating in the release of one of their most celebrated albums
Viewed from the outside, by 1996 Stereolab must have seemed like a unit that could only ascend. Half a decade into the project, affectionately termed “the groop” by its nucleus members, the couple of Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, Stereolab appeared to be going overground. 1994’s