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One of the bands I'd heard around the trap, but hadn't heard any of. English/French rock band playing around with loops. Pretty chill vibes. Nice enough, but nothing really grabbing me with this.
Eine Platte, die auch schon zu ihrer Zeit völlig ohne Belang, Bedeutung und außerdem nichts besonderes war.
I listened to this album like four or five times today and while I cannot remember a single track distinctly each time was a good listen. I got Komeda meets St. Etienne vibes all day long. Success?
I don't particularly like the style of this music
Unique sound. I really liked certain parts, but others were a bit much for me
This is one of those albums that I’ve always wanted to like but that I’ve never quite clicked with. Well, yesterday, it clicked. A precursor to everything from Animal Collective, to Flaming Lips, to The Go! Team, and so much more of that indie-psych rock scene of the following decade. It just feels hugely influential to a scene I hold dear and just specifically weird enough to work. Like if it was just Emperor Tomato, or Emperor Ketchup, it would be surface level weird. But Emperor Tomato Ketchup is next-level weird and gives the impression that there’s a whole storybook world behind the decision to name this album such. And the transformation Stereolab underwent in the just 1 year between ETK and Dots and Loops is astounding. Not that what was to come with D&L is not present here. It’s just collaged in an entirely twee, bizzaro-indie fabric that simultaneously follows that very French urge to make indie music dance. Love this album. Easily 4 stars. Maybe 5.
Oh man, really really really good. Sterolab is hitting on this really specific set of sounds, in concert. If there’s one thing that will reliably get me going, it’s the mixing of influences like this… their music feels like a melting pot. Experimental but charming, and the lead vocals are really the glue. I had an amazing time listening. 4/5
Cool name, don’t really know what this is for
Good name album. Good album art. Just find music. It's very French and even if I hadn't read the blurb I think it's Frenchness would have been apparent. Not bad!
Another band I was in on early thanks to my brother. I saw them twice in Minneapolis in the early 90s and both shows were amazing. This is a great album, though I am maybe a little fonder of the earlier more low-fi offerings.
I am not sure what this wanted to be. Was it supposed to be trying to be electronic dance music but it failed? Even if it had succeeded it would have been bad. No need to listen or revisit. It was not good. Not really 2 but I will begrudgingly round up.
What a weird album, which I strangely liked
It's fine. Pretty cool.
I can go without listening to this again
There were a couple of tracks that I dug.
Meh
Música experimental. Ideal para tener de fondo
One big vibey extravaganza... more of this please.
Another album I had wanted to hear but never got to. It gets a lot of praise but I wasn't totally on board. It's fairly interesting and not a bad listen but it never really had any standout moments to me. Pleasant enough to listen to, but not good enough to make me really want to return.
It's quite nice. Easy going but with some interesting things going on.
Can‘s legit offspring !
4.5 - spotify was being lame but i really liked what i heard
I am in genuine shock that I love this album so much. It's like if Daft Punk were French and formed in the 90s...oh wait. Favorite track: Olv 26
I've heard of the band and was initially impartial to the music, but as the album went on, it just clicked for me. I couldn't explain why it works since I'm somewhat picky on things but this just started to work in the right spot.
3.75
Eclectic mix of sounds but doesn't really work for me
interesting and fun
It sort of swings, but i don´t like it. Too much fussing with sounds/samples. "The noise of carpet" being the best song for me.
Practically everything McCarthy did in the 80s and Stereolab in the 90s is 5 star. I am inclined to go for Peng or Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements or one of the two Switched On compilations, as I like the motorik sound more, but ETK is the best example of their more sophisticated sound. Great lyrics. Great songs.
Still an amazing album. The odd meter tracks Percolator and Motoroller Scalatron are my favourites.
The first song is still ok, then it descends into a pretty much unlistenable cacophony.
Too long, but inoffensive
A good mix of dance and upbeat songs with a soft vibe. Good for letting it play on the background or while doing your work.
I'm pretty sure this would fall into my sleep music category, mostly really chill, interesting album. Definitely will listen again.
Splatty bloopy Frenchy poppy weirdness.
Multi-layered rich experimental music combining rock instrumentation with complex synths that somewhat replicate horns, strings, industrial effects, and all sorts of strange alien sounds. But those replicated effects are distorted and twisted to sound otherworldly. There's a lot of krautrock influence too in its droning effects and beats, as I can certainly hear Neu in tracks like "Les Yper-Sound" and "Olv 26". The vocals are among my favorite part. Very bright and childlike with ominous undertones, utilizing a counter-melodic style with its multiple tracks. Often reminds me of Japanese city pop. It gets milder in the second side with less exciting hooks but just as interesting.
An extremely odd album with one of the most unique pop hooks you’ll ever hear on “Cybele’s Reverie”. Good but runs out of steam on side D. Could have been a whole lot worse (and industrial).
Did not enjoy
artsy, loopy, french situationist post-rock that grew on me big time
Really great. Don't think I've ever even listened to Stereolab before. Captivated immediately, could hear shades of them in so many artists I do like. An artist to explore more of for sure
Background work music. Kind of pleasant.
Very cool
The musical definition of competence.
When I first heard Stereolab, I was instantly hooked. They're like nothing I had heard but they've had plenty of influence since.
Ce laboratoire stereo a totalement raté son expérience et l'a malencontreusement publiée sous forme d'album. Une énorme gaffe, en somme.
Je viens de démasquer Robert: ce dernier est en effet un agent infiltré sous couverture. Sa mission: décrédibiliser la France et sa musique, en nous proposant des albums tous plus saugrenus les uns que les autres comprennant des paroles en français, afin de faire croire à l'auditeur moyen que ces albums représentent ce qui s'écoute dans l'Héxagone. Vous pourrez retrouver les détails de mon enquête dans le prochain numéro du New York Times.
Fav tracks: Cybele's Reverie, Percolator, Les Yper-Sound, The Noise Of Carpet
Never heard of stereolab before, this is as an interesting album, enjoyed this but the French vocals were a bit annoying stops this getting anything more than a 3.
This is groovy as hell.
Some really longs songs that are somewhat repetitive. Could have cut some songs in thirds and still be OK.
The abundance of french doesn't make this too approachable alone, but it is really pretty experimental and the vocal are very frequently sounding out of tune/awkward, making it harder to approach. Noise of Carpet was particularly rough. Ultimately, there's not much here to enjoy other than as an intellectual experiment.
Best Song: Cybele's Reverie. The overlapping vocals were really pleasant. Worst Song: Emperor Tomato Ketchup. This track has one of those rhythm sections that is so repetitive that it oscillates between catchy/bouncy and grating/mind-numbing. By the end of the song, it landed fully on the latter. Overall: I always like to see pop that feels unique and experimental. Not everything works here (sometimes the rhythms are downright annoying), but damnit I respect them for being weird. Has a nice jazzy feel. Well suited for background music.
A pretty chill album, I kind of liked the half French, half English
This is like Moby has abducted Claudine Longet, gave her acid, and made her sing over this loopy loops of synthetic music. Blimey ,enough already. NEXT!
So I was driving on the freeway past Ballarat to Melbourne, a mostly boring drive where pretty much any music will improve the driver’s experience. As it turns out, not all albums are suited to that purpose. 1.5 stars, rounded up with the benefit of the doubt as to whether the lyrics add anything when translated.
This was like being kidnapped & tied to an early-80’s game machine, with no way out. I can’t believe I lasted over 40 minutes with this - I just kept expecting something to happen - BUT IT DIDN’T!!! This is where we really need a MINUS option. Horrible & needless.
I've always thought that I _should_ like Stereolab, and I have checked in on some of their records in the past, but hadn't found the album that really grabbed me. And then I heard this. This is the shit. A mixture of krautrock, 60s French girl pop (having a French girl singer helps heighten that impression, but it is not a lazy comparison; they really sound like that), with inflections of jazz, easy listening, funk and the Velvet Underground. T his is the record I have been always been wanting from Stereolab. And I finally found it! yes, yes, yes. I knew this project would be worthwhile.
You know how sometimes people are irritating just for the sake of being irritating? What if one of these people was an entire album? Okay, so I wrote those lines after the first 2 songs. Clearly, this album didn’t start off well for me. Thankfully it got better and better as it went. Slow Fast Hazel is the second to last track and I love it. Need to give this album, and band, more time. 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding
Electronic stuff. Not my thing.
I went back n forth with this album. Some times I felt it was boring, repetitive techno stuff and then other times I felt it was OK background music while working. I thought there were a few decent songs, but others were slow and boring. Listened 2 X, I really did, but feel like I had the same response and reaction. Won't download anything off this, but I did like The Noise of the Carpet, Motoroller Scalatron and Anonymous Collective. Maybe would have been better if they were just an English rock band, instead of French-English rock band. I could go on a little tirade about the French, but I'll leave it at, Phuck France I'll give a 2. I saw potential in this album. Just never got there for me. 2
I was really enjoying this one until about halfway through, which made me feel kind of sleepy. I don't think this is anything I'd put on because I'm in the mood for it. I was doing stuff when it started and it had a nice, motivating pace but then it seemed to devolve in to drone-y tones and good enough singing. 2.5
2 Holy cow the beat on Metronomic Underground is so infectious I couldn’t stop thinking about it long after I moved on to other songs. But, as is tradition for the French, they quickly laid down and surrendered with a series of blah techno-rock stuff as mediocre as their food. Things picked up a bit around The Noise of Carpet when they shifted to a more guitar-oriented sound before quickly losing me again. The production is incredibly repetitive, and when it works, it’s fun and catchy, and when it doesn’t, it’s annoying as all hell. While I don’t outright have a problem with the style of music production and song composition they went with, I think it gets old quickly, and ends up making the full hour-length release feel tiring. It feels a bit like putting all your eggs in one basket - if the one beat isn’t absolutely stellar, then there’s not much else to save the song, considering the accompanying lyrics are just as minimalist and seemingly intended to be catchy instead of clever or deep. Not that there’s anything wrong with writing lyrics that way and that they should always have some deeper meaning, but in this album’s case it kind of re-emphasizes the one-note nature. Would listen to Metronomic again in a heartbeat and maybe Carpet, but most everything else is probably going to be a skip from me.
Groovy, charming, really lovely. A little goes a long way though. Fave Songs: Cybele's Reverie, Motoroller Scalatron, Metronomic Underground, Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Spark Plug
Never heard of these guys before and enjoyed this a lot. Will be exploring more of their back catalogue for sure.
Quirky and fun.
Absolutely pointless use of time to listen this!
Weirdly good I take it back This sucks so much 2
tykkään siitä että vaihtuu kieli kesken albumin pitäisi LISÄÄ OLLA... eikä PASKOILLA KIELILLä... vaikka PUOLA ja TAGALOG vaihtelu.... noh siitä annetaan pojo muuten e oikeen säväyttänyt.. vähän meni ohi kokonaan tämä homma...ollaan jo ysärillä kuitenkin tässä mitään saatanan eksperimentaalista enää ole... ihan perus jammutusta siihen aikaan les yper-sound
Trippy
Kinda mid. I kinda enjoyed it.
Fr*nch 🤮🤮🤮
Genres: Experimental pop, post-rock Formed: Run time: 13 songs, 57 min, 19 sec The fourth studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. Some songs are sung in English, others in French and some contain both. The album is named after the 1971 experimental film Emperor Tomato Ketchup by Japanese author and director Shūji Terayama. Their song lyrics have been described as politically and philosophically charged. A deep philosophical idea delivered in a pop wrapper is an interesting juxtaposition. Spotify: Least popular song: 348k Most popular song: almost 1.3M I loved track 1, “Metronomic Underground”. The lyrics for most of the song are “Crazy, sturdy, a torpedo. Crazy, brutal, a torpedo”. Sounds great sung by a woman with a French accent. It is so hypnotic, you could listen to that one track on repeat for a whole day. My French is not good enough to follow the French songs, but it doesn't matter because again the lyrics are rhythmic and hypnotic and the music is ethereal. The rest of the album looks at heavy topics such as the meaning of life and the evolution of society and the effect individuals have on it, what holds it together and its fragility. Listen Again?: Possibly. I will look for other albums by Sterolab. My Rating: ****
Holy background music batman, Emperor Tomato Ketchup passed me by without any real recognition it was there. That's a 2/5 all day long.
Didn't enjoy this, despite the excellent track names. Felt very lightweight, fine for background music but didn't engage me much at all. Quite janky and repetitive in places. 2/5.
Lyrics half in English and half en français - une très bonne idée! Keeps it intéressant, même si la musique is sometimes un peu dull. Je l'aime, but didn't love it, mais je crois que I might have been very into them si j'avais les connais quand j'etais plus jeunes. Trois étoiles / three stars
Fijn plaatje. Af en toe wat dromerig. De mix van Franse en Engelse lyrics is tof gevonden
Very interesting sounds. I liked the production, and the vocals in french sounded great. Overall it good background jams.
I actually mostly like this. The soft french vocals, the beats, and other layered musicals work well together and was nice to have on in the background while working.
Enn í Amsterdam. Seinna
Keep wanting to like it but song after song came up short for me. Didn't hate it just ended up being a one and done.
This is very french. I'm pretty over this stupid record by track 11. This is such a boring ass record.
Long repetitive songs. Kind of cool but overall I didn’t make it through. Also not in English
Love me some French Krautrock. Makes me want to furiously organize Excel spreadsheets. That first song was absolutely fantastic. The album kind of lost steam in the second half, but it's not a big deal - still a great experience. I'll definitely return to this. I've also had "Dots and Loops" by this band on my "Music to check out" list for about a year.
I tried to listen to this, but it just disappeared into the background. Deliberately quirky, or feels like it - no bangers and no beauty, won't listen again
Fantasy damn album. My goodness. Art.
This is horrible, immense challenge trying to listen to this
музыка интересная, надо ещё послушать
Bruh what is this
Magnificent in conception and delightful in execution. Totally inventive in renewing and contemporizing classic vibes and sounds and tonalities. Retrogressive (that is, nostalgic and forward-looking) in the best sense. And 25 years on, it sounds both dreamier and edgier than ever. A cultural import of great sophistication, like many other French luxury products. One might slightly prefer Dots and Loops, however.
I like it
Better than I was expecting. Got a little repetitive towards the end, but all around a decent listen
Couldn't get into this at all
"Emperor Tomato Ketchup" is the fourth studio album by English-French band Stereolab (although they also had complilation albums and singles released). The album was named after a 1971 experimental film by Shūji Terayama. You can categorize this as experimental pop-rock. On this album, they experimented with composing songs around loops as opposed to riffs; the keyboards definitely are forefront here. A lot of the songs start simple and build with layers of vocals and keyboards. The layered vocals of Lætitia Sadier and Mary Hansen are highlights. This is an outstanding album and one of my favorite in that mid-90's time frame. There is a scratching-sound start to "Metronomic Underground" which continues throughout as a loop. The rhythm is almost groovy. The layered vocals. Criticizing war. Strings start "Cybele's Reverie" but this is a more straight-forward rock-pop song. Happy sounding with the guitar. The loss of innocence and wonder from childhood. A classic keyboard-bass loop and chorus drive "Percolator." Maybe, the one Sterolab loop I can't get out of my head once I hear it. I liked the way in the first four songs, the English-named songs are sung in French and the one French-named song is sung in English. My favorite song on the album "The Noise of Carpet" starts rockin' with the distorted guitar. More straight-forward pop-rock. The layered vocals are excellent. Weird keyboards noises. Trying to provide hope to a cynical person. "Emperor Tomato Ketchup" kind of reminds me of a mix between a Talking Heads and Wilco song. Repetitive and drving rhythm. Weird synth noises effective again. They go into baroque pop territory on "Slow Fast Hazel" with the strings. Beats change. A beautiful sounding song. Perhaps going into some Marxism here with the lyrics. I like most of the Sterolab I've heard. This album is at the top for sure. Worth a listen for everyone.
Stereolab are fine in spits and spurts but a whole album never quite gets off the ground.
Fine
Interesting
Interesting in some parts, long-winded in others. Worth a re-listen.
krautrock-obsessed are these cool frenchy londoners more to come from them
stereo's emperor tomato ketchup is unusual; for its 1996 release, it sounds like it could have been released in 2022. they use electronic to create light pop music, but they leave you with a psychedelia aftertaste. as i've mentioned in other reviews, i don't care too much for repetitiveness within songs. unfortunately, stereolab in their usage of looped sounds didn't exactly create music that was pleasing to my ears. sometimes there was enough happening in the song that it didn't bother me at least. this album title is one of the weirdest i have ever heard of. i get that they used the name of a film from 1971 but i still have questions for *somebody*.
I kind of liked this? Maybe? It was pretty easy to listen to, and I enjoyed many of the indie and experimental pop sounds on this album. However, I will say in some places it seemed a little repetitive and boring. While the music could get repetitive, I felt like there were a lot of musically intriguing things to hear throughout the album. Ultimately this album wasn't a huge winner with me, but I can appreciate that Stereolab was experimenting with this kind of music back in 1996, at least a decade before this sound really took off in the USA.
Love Stereolab! They definitely have a recognizable sound and sometimes their songs can start to sound alike but it doesnt bother me because theyre all bangers
Pleasant enough. They passed me by at the time. It's a little bit dinner party music for immersion but I didn't not like it.
What a Sunday Lego session soundtrack. Couldn't have picked anything more suitable. A real find and I will listen to this again. Thanks 1001! A little gem for the time invested.
Quite a gentle and listenable spot of 90s rock
Weird album yet easy to listen to
Busy day, cried in therapy more than a bit, ask that question, busy rest of day but unproductive, Queen’s English, annoyed at social vibes (even though good), food good, walk home, good chill, just be a yes man
Really fun tracks with driving rhythms and catchy melodies. The lyrics sometimes have a strange misalignment with the melodic structure that gives them a sort of mechanistic distance, adding to the futuristic feel of the songs. Really liked these overall.
Better than awesome. The definition of a pleasant surprise. I suspect I heard some of this during the late '90's and wish I would have sought it out further at the time. Better late than never!
Fun album, sometimes reminds me of Young marble Giants/Weekend, good discovery!
This is the fourth album by English-French rock band Stereolab and it is an experimental pop album. It is one of their most successful albums. The band toyed around with looping sounds together to create their songs instead of using their common drone sounds. This change was well received by critics and I liked the album as well.
Better than I expected, still a bit weird
Not bad. Would not add to my playlist, but overall I like the sound of it.
Nice ambient background music with soothing vocals. Very calming and nice to listen to. Not overly interesting though. The songs "The Noise of Carpet" and "Slow Fast Hazel" really stand out
Really interesting indie sound that makes for good background music, but does stretch out too long in many songs. Hard to analyze lyrics in a different language but vocals were well made and well mixed. Nothing too earth shattering but an enjoyable listen overall.
No just no thank you
So much potential with that name, such a shame
What a delight!
Stereolab is always great
Catchy, simple songs with a bit of quirkiness. Enjoyable experience.
An 80s feel from the 90s
Top 3 Songs: 1 - The Noise of Carpet (7) 2 - Cybele's Reverie (2) 3 - Anonymous Collective (13)
Really quality blend of genres and moods. Every track stand on its own quite well.
It was ok.
Gave me some serious existential Tuesday think and loved every minute of it.
Quite like it - will listen again and to other albums by them
Not that good, not that bad.
Love Sterolab and it was a pleasure to sit down with this one again.
p775. 1996. 1.5 stars. Vaguely annoying, repetitious, soulless electro Europop with bland vocals and no tunes. Strays into synth wankage far too often. Well produced, but outstays its welcome big time. Not essential listening in any shape or form.
good shit 8/10
I like it a lot
What even is this
Striking combination of retro cadences and modern (at least for 1996) electronic sounds; like a funkier Air? Worth another listen at some point.
Se deja escuchar y está en la línea de Stereolab así que puede gustarte o no, y como le pasa a mucha gente directamente aburrirte.
Meh niet mijn stijl
This album is a blast. Locks into a steady groove with the opening track and just rides that groove through every song. Just put it on and let it seep into your sub concsiousness. 4.5 stars
4.0 + Maybe more of an interesting record in theory than in execution. I remember reading a Pitchfork review a few years ago and being taken by the heady ideas cited - the references to Japanese sci-fi films, Marxist revolution, and "dialectics you could dance to." But returning to it after several years, I'm just not getting that same buzz. That wop-wop synth sound on "Percolator" grates on my nerves and "Metronomic Underground" is annoyingly repetitive. But there's still a lot I still love (e.g. the title track, "Les Yper Sound") and it generally provides a chic, hyper-mod backdrop for a party.
Enjoyed a previous album - the one with the magnificent Ping Pong - so was pleased to hear a similar sound, but more attention to more succinct conventional indie songs. An interesting mid 90s sound against the prevalent Brit pop, trip hop, grunge and angsty rock of the era. Not quite a 4, but good.
Seguramente fue muy revolucionario y muchas bandas no podrían existir sin que este disco hubiera existido y demás razones para tenerlo aquí, pero di gracias cuando acabó. Seguramente no está cerca de ser malo pero la voz de la vocalista me molestó demasiado y los soniditos discordantes me sacaron de mis casillas. 1.5 estrellas que baja a 1 porque literalmente tiré un volado y perdió.
A pleasant listen. Nothing bad on it. One of my favorite songs, The Noise of Carpet, is here.
Whimsy on steroids. In other (and fairer) words, not for me.
Stereolab has always just felt like bland, watered down krautrock to me. It's not bad per se, it just lacks the adventurous spirit of krautrock - rather than going on a journey, you're going on a theme park replica of that journey.
A mix of indie, pop, techno sounds. Some of the songs are in French. A very interesting & different listening experience, enjoyed most of the ride.
Another band heard of but never knew what they were about. Turns out partly French.
The music is quite good, singing style reminds me a bit of the Coraline soundtrack. But....it's not really memorable
Better than I thought it would be from the first two songs. Still not great.
It was something. Not too bad, actually quite relaxing as I dozed off in my chair while listening. Definitely not something I would go out of my way to listen too.
Very uninteresting.
Its pretty much similar to all Stereolab but it trundles along quite nicely
je suis un fromage frais. le petit pois sont dans la banque. ooh ah cantonaaaaa! Je donne des coups de pied aux oiseaux i enjoyed singing along to these.
I once bumped into into a pregnant prostitute who accused me of trying to touch her unborn baby. I remember Stereolab was blaring out in the background. I was questioned by the police, who eventually realised there was no case to answer, but fuck me, it was a stressful afternoon. The funny thing is though, I did actually have a grope.
Like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, but then quickly back into a caterpillar and dying.
Stereolab is a new band for me, and all of the music on Emperor Tomato Ketchup was new too. There is also something familiar about this album. I'm not sure what music I was being reminded of. I thought that the album was good enough for a single listen. There were a couple of tracks that were 80% good, but the other 20% of the track was noisy end chaotic enough that I was ready for the track to be over. "Metronomic Underground", "Les Yper-Sound", and "Anonymous Collective" were thetracks that got my highest rating individually.
On first listen, I thought it was pretty boring and insignificant. But, as the day went on and I heard it more, I started really enjoying it. It isn't anything fantastic or amazing, but it is like the music version of comfort food. 3/5
What an entirely unique confluence of musical and production elements. I can't say I'll be coming back to this album over and over again, but it was fun to be introduced to.
Interesting without being great
It gives me a feeling which is similar to but distinct from nostalgia. Like it's reminding me of something I didn't actually experience. As music, it's good. As an experience, its a lucid dream. Highlights: Spark Plug, Olv 26, Motoroller Scalatron.
Started promising but got much too repetitive and annoying. For example in the title track.
Had a few good moments here and there, but nothing to make me want to revisit this album again.
I thought this album was really neat. The French influence on the music and lyrics makes it very distinctive 4/5
I don't have any strong feelings about this album one way or another. It was easy to listen to and enjoy. I would listen to it again.
Un disc inspirador. Es poden escoltar els ressons que vindrien anys després amb bandes com Au Revoir Simone. També hi ha guitarres, i una producció de mèrit interposant capes i capes per acabar donant vida a un treball interessant i en moments com els de 'Olv 26' o 'Cybelles Reverie', captivador
Great techno feel.
This is so cool and brings me so much joy. Metronomic Underground is such a great opener and the follow two tracks just keep up the vive. Les Yper Sound is also great and Spark Plug just booms. Too many songs to mention, the title track is also awesome.
Superb
In the first song, I thought that it will be another annoying electronic music album with the same song for 1 hour. However, after this annoying introduction, all the other songs are pretty good. Some indie pop mixed with rock and hip-hop which is very nice to listen to. Not quintessential for me, but nice to listen during the morning!
Awful
On the paper, I can get that many people find this Stereolab album charming. On the paper, that is. Because as adventurous as this record can be in its best moments, I however can't help feeling that the overall listening experience it has to offer is just a little too disjointed and pointless to this particular set of ears. Bleeps and bloops are always fun. But you need more than those sorts of playful sonic asides to build an album that goes beyond the usual "exercice de style". "Metronomic Underground" is a nice opener, for instance. But essentially, it is only Can's "You Doo Right" with scratches and a few tweaks here and there, instead of a true build-up to ecstasy. When does a piece of music end up being a smart hommage to the past and when does it start becoming a quite stale reproduction of it instead? It's a tricky question. Besides, many tracks in this collection seem a little too *nice* and innocuous to me anyway. I sometimes wonder if being French plays a part in this partial reluctance of mine here. It's not that Laetitia Sadier's lyrics in that language are bad (they're at least not worse than the ones in English). But it's as if understanding those words right away somehow kills a bit of the mystery some non-native French speakers see in them. Or at least that's the way I'm trying to explain the rave reviews for *Emperor Ketchup Tomato* in the English press at the time. Make no mistake, the subtly grinding motorik rythms of "Les Yper Sound" are somehow addictive, the lush layers of "OLV 26" are weaving a quite evocative soundscape, and the way "Tomorrow Is Already Here"'s guitars are bouncing and complementing each other from one headphone to the next is just fascinating and hypnotic (not to mention those marimbas !). Same with the voices in "Cybele's Reverie". Or the mesmerizing (and darker) qualities of closer "Anonymous Collective" (ending all too soon, unfortunately). But as successful as those oneiric forays are, other cuts clearly overstay their initial welcome, like the *Time Out* 5-beats trope--overplayed to death--in "Percolator". Or the mock-garage-indie-whateverness of "The Noise Of Carpet". Or the endless circles of the electro loops in the title track, leading to nowhere in particular. Not to mention quite a few others here and there... The thing is, when it comes to tongue-in-cheek pop experimentation fronted by a female yéyé mock-ingénue singing over a soundtrack filled with retro-future winks to the sixties, I think I'll always have a soft spot for Broadcast instead of Stereolab. Maybe in comparison the latter are just missing out on the necessary tension and/or melancholy to make the whole thing emotionally rewarding. But maybe that's just me and how I like my ketchup: with more acidic pickles, bittersweet ginger, and a far more *obvious* and substantial slice of spleen, right in the middle of my dish. Sugar ain't enough sometimes, even when sprinkled over a big juicy sonic tomato. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 917 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 43 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 23 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 19
Funky songs. Again nothing stood out but I’d listen again while reading or relaxing.
Everything about this is wrong. The title is stupid, the album artwork is hideously offensive to the eyes, and the music is absolute crap. I hate this beyond measure.
I wanted to like it more but found it a bit bland after the first few tracks.
I had heard of this band but I had never listened to them... that was a pleasant surprise. I really enjoyed this album.
This would not normally be my cup of tea. Man did I like this though. This is some excellent Europop alternative. Enough real instruments here to work with the dance beats. The production is stellar and I loved the levels here.
A bit repetitive to start out. Luckily that seems to change as the album progresses. Some nice music, but nothing that stands out as "I must listen to this before I die."
Un style pop électro intéressant, mais une voix souvent fausse qui rend l'écoute désagréable par moment. Malgré tout, a sûrement influencé plein d'autres groupes par la suite.
I can’t say that I think I will ever revisit this thing after the review but there are some really interesting bits: Just before I start the track by track I have to say this artwork is dreadful! The album starts off with metronomic underground is alright but at 7 mins it takes quite a while to get going and by the end I never wanna hear anyone say “crazy sturdy a torpedo” again. Like literally! There’s only 4 lines in that aren’t “crazy sturdy a torpedo” or some kinda variation in the first song. Cybele’s reverie is definitely the best song just a fun sounding french pop song with pretty cool strings, and while repetitive a good bridge! Percolator sounds like some weird spy theme in my head It’s alright. Les yper-Sound I don’t like the singing on this one ( but luckily there’s not much) this bands french song’s are just better. I know i’am contradicting myself here but spark plug is actually quite good for an English sung track it’s probably more annoying instrumentally. Olv 26 takes a bit long to start but the song itself is alright even though the razor like sounds at the end are a bit odd. The noise of the carpet is more my kinda song very rock but I must say the English singing is still a bit annoying. Tomorrow is already here is repetitive and the singing is a annoying but musically it’s a favourite. Emperor tomato ketchup is alright not really a stand out for me the intro drags a little bit longer then i hoped as well. Monstre sacre is haunting sounds like some weird chant to me it’s hard to hear the lyrics which I don’t mind. Motoroller Scalatron would be good without the singing or the laser-y sounds still it’s alright ( it’s also very repetitive). So many of these songs have good lyrics but the way her voice sounds i’am just not a fan especially on slow fast hazel but it’s still one of the better songs I really like the chorus and the instrumental bit. Anonymous collective is so repetitive but it makes a good ending to the album. Overall it’s a very entertaining listen that I would recommend for someone to try at least once, but it feels way too long, the singing is a bit annoying and lyrics are repetitive.
Good background music this, perfect to listen to whilst working away.
Fun to listen to!
Never totally hit for me, the music is interesting but the singer's voice isn't a great fit
Mélange de son intéressant mais je suis pas sûr de vraiment avoir trippé.
I just love this band, they have such a friendly sound that's so iconic and instantly recognizable. One of a handful of bands that I first heard by randomly pulling their CD at the library, then felt like I discovered a secret that no one else knew. At least my friends had not heard them at the time. I don't know their discography well enough to know how this stacks up, but it's certainly on par with the stuff I've heard, and seeing as this is likely their only album on the list, it's a solid 5-star for me.
When I was 15 or 16 I went to an older guy's apartment to get some weed and I remember this album was playing as we made chit chat. Not the typical classic rock I had come to expect in the situation but a great soundtrack for a stoned mind to get lost in with all the loops and layers and mellow vibes. He was probably a real cool dude but I had to be on my way.
Tasty jams, Krautrock-like progressions, and I like French when it's sung as well, so this ticks a lot of boxes. I knew the name but never what they sounded like.
Eclectic. Interesting. I don't know if I liked it. There were some tracks I would come back to, but as a whole? Maybe I'll try that again sometime in the distant future. Maybe.
3.5
Krautrock goes twee indie pop? Inject it into my veins! I could happily leave this album on repeat for a good chunk of time. Fave track - "Metronomic Underground", maybe, or the title track? I'm less into single tracks and more into the album as a whole on this one...
Ok so first of all.... this album is listed as "rock". I mean... I guess it's "rock" if your version of rock includes dance beats and 80% keyboards. Also: It's in French so again, as I've said before, it's a non-starter for me. I listened to the first song and then about 10 seconds of each additional song to make sure none were in English. Now I'm done. 1/5 stars for the purposes of the list. I'm sure some Frenchman can tell me how good it actually is but I don't care.
I've always thought that I _should_ like Stereolab, and I have checked in on some of their records in the past, but hadn't found the album that really grabbed me. And then i heard this. This is the shit. A mixture of krautrock, 60s French girl pop (having a French girl singer helps heighten that impression, but it is not a lazy comparison; they really sound like that), which inflections of jazz, easy listening, funk and the Velvet Underground. This is the record I have been always been wanting from Stereolab. And I finally found it! yes, yes, yes. I knew this project would be worthwhile.
I really liked this electronic, laid back, relaxed but engaging album. I would listen again. 4/5, to be honest I enjoyed the insistence of a lot of the instrumental lines, but I think many could view it as repetitive. I thought this was creative, fresh, fun, and compelling. Super nice recommendation, I’ve never heard of this band before and was pleasantly surprised.
A slice of 90s psychedelic indie, doesn't really have any standout bangers that grab you, but I'd happily put it on again while I'm working or cooking or something.
Great background music
Enough decent grooves to get my head bopping along on a sunny day and enough individuality/invention to justify its place on the list, but probably not enough of either to compel me to come back to this. Pleasant background music: 2.5
It was alright. Inoffensive. Bit like a more dancy Belle and Sebastian. Good music for working to
Maybe I'm mixing up this list with a classic albums list. This might be 1 to listen to once. Cover art 1/5
Bit odd but not terrible. It would make for OK background music in parts but its probably a bit eccentric for my liking...
I like the idea of Stereolab, I like the sound of Stereolab. But 60 mins of Stereolab is just a bit too much. Better in shorter sharper doses.
There’s room for this in the rotation. Also I think Percolator influenced Radiohead’s 15 Step.
Interesting. Background music that draws you in. Turns out it's very likeable.
A very enjoyable listening experience
I have a big love for a lot of alt rock music and this actually is a great new discovery for me!! Never listened before and will now listen to more of their albums. I love the sound of this album it's going into my rotation! Love the mix of French and English. Can't believe I never heard of them before, I really can see how they would have been hugely influential and experimental in the 90s. Great stuff!
I loved it, can't really say why, it was so varied and kind of beautiful
Love a bit of Stereolab, knew quite a few of these but great to listen to an album in full. Fun!
Really enjoyed this album. I don't really know Stereolab very well at all but this was a very pleasant surprise
Yea, not really my thing.
I don't really know what I was expecting prior to listening to this album, but I did like it. It was a nice surprise, I guess you could say. Although I didn't enjoy all of the tracks, I think I'll be revisiting a few in the future. My favourite has to be Motoroller Scalatron.
Fun album to listen to as background music while working. I'm not a fan of indie/eletronic/french music, but this surprised me. Favorite tracks: * Percolator * The Noise of Carpet * Metronomic Underground is also good, although too long and repetitive
This was good for background noise while I was working on some stuff today. Lots of looping/repetition but that made it good "working" music.
All right to begin with, but then gets increasingly annoying
Interesting but drawn-out and forgettable.
Not my thing.
Crazy album, but I liked it. First song was amazing and carried the album. I will definitely be listening to more of them. Fun find.
Really liked the first few songs, but felt like it fell off in the second half. Very weird album…. Yet surprisingly enjoyable? I added “metronomic underground”, “OLB 27”, and “Motoroller Scalatron” to my headphones playlist.
Interesting bass. The drummer seems bored. Was not ready for whimsical French vocals
The 4 stages of my listening experience: 1. Really actively dislike this. 2. Only on the third song, and ready to be done. 3. Music shouldn't be a chore to listen to. 4. Ugh!
Groooovy. Better than expected, but nothing too much jumped out. *Old Lungs
Ah yes, Emperor Tomato Ketchup. Lead singer’s voice is way more in tune than it ever seems to be live.
Sort of like a mix between Metric and Flaming Lips, half in French. Tracks vary in how interesting they are, but worth a listen.
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Metronomic underground, Slow fast hazel
The best of this album IMO: - Percolator - The Noise of Carpet Unique sound. Goes on the weird side. It's entertaining and interesting. Main voice melodies are a bit basic, not very creative. French fits well with the style, alors c'est bien. Music can unfortunately be repetitive despite its uniqueness. 3.1/5
Somehow I had never heard of Stereolab before. I’m not sure how that was because I simply loved this album. It gave me 18th Street Lounge vibes without the Friday night cover charge. I loved the music from every single track and thought that the vocals were exceptional without being distracting. I’m really not sure how I have gone this long and never heard it before, but I’ll be coming back for more!
Okay, so some of the tracks were the kind of quirky French electronics and I dig, but then other tracks were downright annoying. 2.5 stars. Rounding down because I accidentally saw Paul’s rating lol.
Always found Stereolab rather sterile sounding and unsurprisingly, this album didn't move me particularly. I sort of like the sounds they use and the voices, but the repetitive krautrock-y bits get annoying. For me, this is background music at best.
Stereolab is very hard to categorize. They simultaneously anticipate sounds that would dominate in the following years, yet do so by using sounds from the past across all genres. This album contains sounds that would become popular a decade later and sounds that are familiar and well worn. However, the only drawback to this album is its length.
Was interesting for a while but then just got repetitive.
On first blush, this should have been a no for me, dawg. But it wasn't. Stereolab manages to take a genre known for repetitive noise and turn it into an interesting and enjoyable experience. Is it all amazing? No, it's not. There are definitely some bits that are a bit twee but not enough to tank the record. "Emperor Tomato Ketchup" (that's gotta be a translation error, right?) was a pleasant surprise.
I get that it is supposed to be spacey and ethereal but it just kinda sounds like nothing
I'm really digging Metronomic Underground.
Some of these songs reminded me of Megan Draper singing Zoobie Zoobie Zoo in that one episode of Mad Men. Most of them were pretty good though. 3 stars.
Not my thing. Sound experiments and music are not the same thing to me.
I enjoyed listening to this album. It has a smooth, sophisticated song sound mixed with the repetitive and extended feel of electronica tracks. I enjoy the vocals quite a bit. I enjoyed "Les Yper-Sound" quite a bit. I liked how they sang "op-PO-sites" (they did that kind of thing a lot with words). The title track was an example of where it could get a little tedious with its 1:40 one-note intro. But mostly I really enjoyed this music and would listen again.
The name of this group is familiar, but I don't know this album and no tracks on it rang as familiar. It was some very pleasant and charming music. The tempos are upbeat and melodies looping to provide some "fun to work by" music for me. I am keeping this in my library.
Unfortunately for Stereolab, yesterday's listen was Elis Regina and she is a HARD act to follow. I really just wanted to keep listening to Elis. But I'm a good student and like to keep up with my homework so I made myself listen to Stereolab a couple of times today. It's good! Pleasant and unobtrusive, nice slow grooves. Favorite tracks were Metronomic Underground, OLV 26, and The Noise of Carpet. Now back to Brazil!
I love Stereolab, although for some reason I had never gone back and listened to this album before. I’m glad it came up because it is an album worth hearing! This album is chock full of interesting, vivid soundscapes that are perfect for chilling out to. Stereolab has a very distinct sound, but also mix things up enough that their songs are quite distinct and interesting. The lyrics aren’t so much the focus in a Stereolab song as they are another instrument. Some French, some English, but it wasn’t until the middle of some of the English songs that I realized they were singing my language. Even so, if you attend to them the lyrics often have very interesting topics they explore. My French is a bit rusty and the translation of the lyrics don’t always work well, but they provide another level of depth to explore and contemplate as you become more familiar with the songs. Here are a few highlights that stood out: "Cybele's Reverie" was really nice. I felt like I was floating along with the song. "Les Yper-Sound" is a catchy little number that seems appropriate to the political atmosphere in the US nowadays. I love the title track. Nice driving beat you can dance to and lovely French vocals. “Motoroller Scalatron” has a great jaunty tempo as it meditates on the nature of society. “Anonymous Collective” has great jingly bells and a really interesting bassline as it reminds us that we are not aware of all the forces at work in our lives. Great ending to the album. I liked everything on this album. Stereolab are formidable creators of electronic music and this is a fantastic album that more than earns its place on this list. Wonderful wonderful!
Another album well past its expiration date. I guess it was fine at the time, but mostly I just find it boring.
Eclectic. The first song on the album, and the most played, is definitely the worst. If you can make it through that one, the album gets quite a bit better. Probably gets better again if you're tripping on some kind of substance - but I wouldn't know. It's fine. Average. 3 stars.
Stereolab shoot a course for the sun and get at least half the way there by way of trial-and-error, sustained jamming (ignoring the dodgy album art circa Windows 95). Musically, all of the songs are built upon sketches- a couple of bars looped, a drum beat, a bassline- specially selected, extended out, and dressed up with layers of experiments woven in and out. This approach works to Sterolab’s credit for much of the album. “Metronomic Underground” is a hypnotic opener in its simplicity. Two overlapping bass parts and a recurring three word lyric (“crazy- sturdy- torpedo”) take the lead as the song builds in intensity to a dramatic climax. However, the jams were also a weakness as I found myself longing for a tighter focus, less meandering. The organ and guitar combo in “Tomorrow Is Already Here” is used to limited effect in an irritating staccato refrain that never really resolves anywhere. “Monstre Sacre” is some repetitive noir-noodling that didn’t seem to sit right in the pacing of the album. For all the “futuristic” appeal this seemingly had at the time, there are a lot of retro electronics even by 1996 standards. The band celebrate future sounds from the past, making use of analogue sounds like strings, organ, assorted percussion. Even the more electronic based songs tend to call back as much as forward: in “Olv 26”, the drum machine and fuzz bass recalls Suicide’s self-titled album from 20 years earlier, while “Les Yper Sound”‘s motorik beat, stuttering rhythm and waves of synth visits the Krautrock of Neu or Can. Not all the instrumentation worked for me- “Spark Plug”’s jangly rhythm guitar stuck out of place as generic indie rock material- but on the whole it seemed to strike a good balance between futuristic and nostalgic. As far as the other highlights here, there’s some fun with time signatures in some of the grooviest tracks: “Percolator”‘s insistent bass line is a bubbling of quavers over 5:4, and “Motoroller Scalatron” is propelled forward by a seven beat organ refrain. I also want to single out “The Noise of Carpet”, a chaotic desert storm. It utilises all parts to dazzling effect- more live instrumentation, and more passion and urgency applied to the vocal than across the rest of the songs. All in all, there are lots of highlights here but the ones I haven’t mentioned were fairly forgettable on first listen, and served to just add atmospherics rather than stand out as quality compositions or highlights in their own right. I can’t decide if the album is best played driving down an open road under a looming storm, or to add ambience while cooking up a stew. So I’ll suggest both at once for the best effect.
stereoo
Some of the tracks were interesting to me and kept my attention. This album is at times hypnotic, e.g., 'Tomorrow Is Already Here,' 'Monster Sacre,' and 'Anonymous Collective.' And although I can speak only a dozen words or so, if that, I do love the sound of the French language, so as pure aural pleasure I loved it when she sang or spoke in French. If someone described this album to me, I don't think I would listen to it. Kudos again to this project.
A simply gorgeous album.
3.2
This was a really weird one in a neither particularly good nor particularly bad way. I guess it was an interesting experience to hear this really strange genre mashup. But I feel the execution could have been a lot better.
Cool. Liked it then; like it now. Ground breaking? Nah.
It's weird how sometimes I really like this style of music and sometimes it feels like a waste of time. I enjoyed this album but not really sure why. Cool mix of electronic music and lounge. Creative and fun. Loses a little steam in the 2nd half but still fine.
Decent album. It felt a little experimental, like it couldn't decide if it was going to be trance or pop or new punk. At the end of all that, it was slightly too messy for me. Still a 3 star album.
Meh. Not for me.
I really enjoyed this. At first, the vocals were a little too... "french?" But "The Noise of Carpet"... man, that was really something. Totally dug that. The grooves on it and the vocals really grew on me after a while. Quite refreshing.
Not bad. Not quite for me either but they have a cool sound. I liked the combination of pulsing guitar and other instruments on OLV 26 and Anonymous Collective. I guess that's kind of their thing but I thought it worked really well on those tracks. That overlay motif was okay on Metronomic Underground but what I liked more about that track was its funk sound (which they get back to in a so-so way on Spark Plug). They mix up their styles quite a bit (first 3 tracks differ widely), which shows some chops but also makes the album less seamless. Sadier has a voice that is sometimes sweet and fits their style and is sometimes grating. I found it off-putting on the Noise of Carpet and Tomorrow is Already Here. It worked well on Les Yper Sound. The title track and Motoroller Scalatron are fun. I'd say a cool, uneven album. It did get better with each listen.
This was a fun album but nothing that blew my mind. I wasn't crazy about the vocals the first time listening but they grew on me the second time around. Not really much more to say about this. Average.
Ehhh....it wasn't terrible, but it didn't do much for me. Lazy review today. 2.
Agreement this was a chores to listen to. Maybe I'm just old but I can't and never really have been able to get into electronic music or whatever this crap is.
Very odd
good for focus- upbeat fun
pretty guud
Love Stereolab.
I'm not sure what the hell that was, but it certainly was not static, or boring. Noise of Carpet- I enjoyed this one a lot. Freestyle Dumpling was a trip. If I ever had dropped acid, I would have loved this album.
Computer music. Funky but quite boring.
Svårt. Rätt goa bitar men lite för konstigt emellanåt och lite för långt album.
Canciones suaves y tranquilas, muy con estilo indie. Se deja escuchar aunque tiene un poso de que le falta algo de energía. Mediocre, sin más.
Cute, light, good for passive listening. Didn't blow my mind.
It was great to revisit this, I have just spent the weekedn revisiting Stereolab's back catalogue. Superb!
In between looking up lyrics to the songs on this album while listening to it, I glanced at Spotify to see where I was in the album and I was startled to find that I was only on the third song--I thought I was half an hour in at least. Emperor Tomato Ketchup has that effect. While the songs themselves tend to be structurally simple, Stereolab piles on layer upon layer of rhythms, and counter-rhythms, underpinned by a motorik beat. The layering is also textural--the buzz of a distorted organ, electronic burbling, strings, vibraphone, guitar, and much more. All of this is topped off by the sing song vocals of Laeticia Sadler and Mary Hansen. The result is hypnotic--you spin down into the music and time distorts. Most of these songs are rather short, but they seem to go on forever. This is not a criticism, just an observation. How do I feel about this album? It's not as tuneful or accessible as the sophisticated retro-pop of Sound-Dust and lacks the gruff charm of Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements, but I like it a lot just the same. Why? Specific to Emperor Tomato Ketchup, I get lost in the sheer beauty of the elaborate soundworld Stereolab has created. It's like a music narcotic. More generally, I'm blown away by how effectively Stereolab has combined their influences into something utterly unique. Lounge music, grunge, krautrock, grunge, chanson--it would never in a million years occur to me to combine these things and somehow, magically, Stereolab makes it sound like the most natural thing in the world. My only criticism of Emperor Tomato Ketchup is that you won't come away humming any of these tunes, with the exception of The Noise of Carpet. The songs tend to blend together and blur.
Great name, music didn't do so much for me
Way too ambient for me. Maybe two songs I somewhat enjoyed
Wasn't a fan.
Whacky background music.
Very chill and calm, and also feels very warm.
This album feels like a bunch of ideas crammed into a certain style. Although that may sound like an insult, the album tends to pull it together by making sure their own style comes out rather than the random idea placed into the song. It's very relaxing and doesn't make you jump around too much.
There are aspects of this album I can really get behind, but there are a lot of songs that are just really annoying. Some of them feel really basic. Just not really a fan.
Meh. I have no opinion. Didn't love it. Didn't hate it. Kind of monotonous and repetitive.
I really liked the first track (“Metronomic Underground”) but lost steam on this pretty quickly. Unintelligible lyrics, tracks became kind of monotonous.
Fucking loved this shit. I cant explain why.
I really liked this one! Groovy and it had some interesting musicality in it. :)
Quirky funky opening. First song is typical Stereolab. Groovy. Second song upbeat 60s lounge.
Cria uma boa perspectiva de ter um ambiente legal, mas não se sustenta.
Promisingly funky off the bat. Track 2 is a happy bop. Definitely digging this, would jam again.
Reminds me heavily of artists such as Beck, because this album is in the same genre of music. The instrumentation is odd, but nothing too overwhelming. An easy album to sit back and listen to on any given occasion.
Not one I will be rushing back to.
I don’t mind the occasional French bop but about 4 songs in I was ready to turn it off and I probably won’t listen again.
Think this album was released 20 years too late, can understand why they were released from their contract due to poor album sales. In a decade of some pretty outrageous tunes, these fail to get going. But if you’d have put them in the 70’s alongside the likes of pink floyd, we’d probably be wearing emperor tomato ketchup t-shirts and talking about how brave the albums were. Overall probably wouldn’t listen again as music that sounds like I’ve dropped acid in a boulangerie is not my go to 4-5/10
Slog, good midsection tho
// Favs: Cybele's Reverie / OLV 26 Score: Strong 2
Love the vocals and groovy funky instruments
Very French sounding. Ahead of it's time I guess.
Can't say I've really heard anything like this. It's a little hard to get into, but I appreciate how unique/innovative it is.
Really liked the bass lines and instrumentation. Repetitive and surprised by the French vocals
Pseee, muy espacial para mi gusto
‘What’s society built on?’ This is
"Cybele's Reverie is an excellent song with French lyrics. The other experimental pop is not that bad either.
Obviously, I can't assess the lyrical content, with it being mostly in French, but I like the groove
1.5
I don't know, some of this is fun, but it tends to just go into the background for me. And background music, it is pretty good though, so one extra star!
Very interesting and varied album, almost getting some Deerhoof-y vibes from some of the songs. First album in this run that I will actually actively come back to.
Love this album.
Pretty chill, interesting, kinda groovy album that reminded me of Broken Social Scene at times
starkes Album. geiler Sound, wie cleane und etwas ernstere Stereo Total
French ass Broken Social Scene.
Kinda weird, psychedelics
Nope.
Как хиппи
The album grew on me with each song, I liked it quite a bit! Synthy, a little post-rocky at the tail end, it felt like a group that was just making the exact type of music they wanted to make.
Ooooootro grupo que no conocía peor todo ok porque me gustó el mood, a ratos como que la voz me recordó a Dolores O’Riordan