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Beloved French-English band Stereolab are back to announce their first new album in 15 years: Instant Holograms on Metal Film, out on May 23rd via Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records. They’ve also shared the new song, “Aerial Troubles.”
Instant Holograms on Metal Film serves as Stereolab’s first new album since 2010’s Not Music. The new tunes arrive after Stereolab announced a massive 2025 world tour, along with vinyl reissues of seven of their albums. They previewed their new era by sending out a mysterious vinyl record to fans earlier this month, which ended up being a secret copy of “Aerial Troubles.” Now, its corresponding album will be out in the world just before their European tour starts on May 25th in Belgium.
As for “Aerial Troubles,” the song is a catchy, dreamy slice of psych rock, with a phaser-aided guitar line from Tim Gane and philosophical, surrealist lyrics from Lætitia Sadier. The two sing together in harmony on the chorus, which shimmers over a motorik beat from drummer Andy Ramsay. The song also arrives with an appropriately surreal video directed by French photographer and painter Laurent Askienazy; watch the video below.
Stereolab’s 2025 tour will make its way to North America in the fall, with the group hitting dozens of cities in the US, Canada, and Mexico from September to November. See their tour dates below and get tickets to see Stereolab here.
Instant Holograms on Metal Film Album Artwork:
Instant Holograms on Metal Film Tracklist:
01. Mystical Plosives
02. Aerial Troubles
03. Melodie Is a Wound
04. Immortal Hands
05. Vermona F Transistor
06. Le Coeur et la Force
07. Electrified Teenybop!
08. Transmuted Matter
09. Esemplastic Creeping Eruption
10. If You Remember I Forgot How to Dream Pt. 1
11. Flashes From Everywhere
12. Colour Television
13. If You Remember I Forgot How to Dream Pt. 2
Stereolab 2025 Tour Dates:
05/25 — Brussels, BE @ Botanique Les Nuits Botanique
05/26 — Köln, DE @ Gloria
05/28 — Hamburg, DE @ Grunspan
05/29 — Berlin, DE @ Huxley Neue Welt
05/30 — Frankfurt, DE @ Zoom
05/31 — Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
06/01 — Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
06/03 — Nantes, FR @ Stereolux
06/04 — Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
06/05 — Bordeaux, FR @ Barbey
06/06 — Barcelona, ESP @ Primavera Sound
06/07 — Madrid, ESP @ Teatro Eslava
06/09 — Grenoble, FR @ La Belle Electrique
06/10 — Ferrara, IT @ Ferrara Sotto le Stelle
06/11 — Zurich, CH @ Volkshaus
06/12 — Munich, DE @ Hansa 36
06/14 — Zagreb, CR @ Tvornica Kulture
06/15 — Budapest, HU @ A38 Ship
06/16 — Vienna, AU @ WUK
06/17 — Prague, CZ @ Meet Factory
06/19 — Schorndorf, DE @ Manufaktur
06/20 — Luxembourg, LU @ Den Atelier
07/11 — Cagliari, SD, IT @ Siren Festival
09/13 — Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
09/14 — Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
09/16 — Miami, FL @ Miami Beach Bandshell
09/18 — New Orleans, LA @ The Civic Theatre
09/19 — Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
09/20 — Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
09/21 — Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom
09/23 — Washington, D.C. @ Howard Theatre
09/24 — Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
09/26 — Boston, MA @ Royale
09/27 — Portland, ME @ State Theatre
10/01 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
10/03 — Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
10/04 — Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Beanfield
10/06 — Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
10/07 — Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall
10/08 — Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron
10/09 — Chicago, IL @ Metro
10/11 — Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
10/12 — Iowa City, IA @ Hancher Auditorium at the Englert Theatre
10/14 — Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
10/17 — Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre
10/18 — Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre
10/19 — Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
10/21 — San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
10/24 — Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre
10/25 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether
10/28 — San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
10/30 — Marfa, TX @ The Capri
10/31 — Austin, TX @ TBC
11/01 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
11/02 — Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre
11/12 — Mexico City, MX @ Foro Indie Rocks!
12/05 — Brighton, UK @ Corn Exchange
12/06 — London, UK @ Royal Festival Hall
12/08 — Glasgow, UK @ SWG3
12/09 — Leeds, UK @ Project House
12/11 — Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz
12/13 — Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy
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