Stereolab have teased that new music is on the way after sending mysterious packages out to fans in the post.
The art-rock group’s founding members Lætitia Sadier and Tim Gane reunited in 2019 with former bandmates Andy Ramsay and Joseph Watson after an initial run from 1990 to 2009.
Since then, the five-piece have toured the world and reissued their albums on vinyl as expanded editions that included rare demos and extensive liner notes. The band’s last album release was 2010’s ‘Not Music?’
Now, the band are teasing what appears to be a new album. As first reported in Brooklyn Vegan, the band send out their “Lab Report” newsletter on March 31 which included a link to an image with the words ‘Unsolicited Stereolab Material’ over it. After that, the band then took to Instagram to post a picture of a record.
Yesterday (April 2), UK fans received ‘Unsolicited Stereolab Material’ in the post, which featured a 7″ record with a song called ‘Aerial Troubles’ on one side and an instrumental on the other, plus a word search.
Reddit user Ape1720 shared details of the package he was sent yesterday and uploaded a snippet of the track ‘Aerial Trouble’. Other Reddit users on the thread uncovered words in the word search such as ‘Plastic Melodies,’ ‘Warp,’ ‘Sadier,’ “Tim Ramsay’ and ‘Album.’
Fans on the forum were speculating if these were song titles from a new album. ‘Warp’, seemingly referring to Warp Records, was also stamped on the package (as per First Floor).
Check out some images of the package here:
Earlier this year, the band announced a 2025 tour that will begin in Europe from May to June, followed by a trek through North America run from September to November, and then a final December stretch in the UK.
See the full list of dates below and find any remaining tickets here.
The dates for Stereolab’s 2025 tour are:
MAY
25 — Brussels, Belgium – Botanique Les Nuits Botanique
26 — Köln, Germany – Gloria
28 — Hamburg, Germany – Grunspan
29 — Berlin, Germany – Huxley Neue Welt
30 — Frankfurt, Germany – Zoom
31 — Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
JUNE
01 — Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
03 — Nantes, France – Stereolux
04 — Paris, France – Le Trianon
05 — Bordeaux, France – Barbey
06 — Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
07 — Madrid, Spain – Teatro Eslava
09 — Grenoble, France – La Belle Electrique
10 — Ferrara, Italy – Ferrara Sotto le Stelle
11 — Zurich, Switzerland – Volkshaus
12 — Munich, Germany – Hansa 36
14 — Zagreb, Croatia – Tvornica Kulture
15 — Budapest, Hungary – A38 Ship
16 — Vienna, Austria – WUK
17 — Prague, Czech Republic – Meet Factory
19 — Schorndorf, Germany – Manufaktur
20 — Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Den Atelier
JULY
11 — Cagliari, Italy – Siren Festival
SEPTEMBER
13 — Nashville, Tennessee – Brooklyn Bowl
14 — Atlanta, Georgia – Variety Playhouse
16 — Miami, Florida – Miami Beach Bandshell
18 — New Orleans, Louisiana – The Civic Theatre
19 — Athens, Georgia – Georgia Theatre
20 — Asheville, North Carolina – The Orange Peel
21 — Saxapahaw, North Carolina – Haw River Ballroom
23 — Washington, D.C. – Howard Theatre
24 — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Union Transfer
26 — Boston, Massachussetts – Royale
27 — Portland, Maine – State Theatre
OCTOBER
01 — Brooklyn, New York – Brooklyn Steel
03 — Burlington, Vermont – Higher Ground
04 — Montreal, Quebec – Théâtre Beanfield
06 — Toronto, Ontario – Danforth Music Hall
07 — Buffalo, New York – Asbury Hall
08 — Cleveland, Ohio – Globe Iron
09 — Chicago, Illinois – Metro
11 — Minneapolis, Minnesota – First Avenue
12 — Iowa City, Iowa – Hancher Auditorium at the Englert Theatre
14 — Denver, Colorda – Gothic Theatre
17 — Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre
18 — Seattle, Washington – Neptune Theatre
19 — Portland, Oregon – McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
21 — San Francisco, California – The Regency Ballroom
24 — Santa Cruz, California – Rio Theatre
25 — Los Angeles, California – The Bellwether
28 — San Diego, California – Observatory North Park
30 — Marfa, Texas – The Capri
31 — Austin, Texas – TBC
NOVEMBER
01 — Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
02 — Dallas, TX – Granada Theatre
12 — Mexico City, MX – Foro Indie Rocks!
DECEMBER
05 — Brighton – Corn Exchange
06 — London – Royal Festival Hall
08 — Glasgow – SWG3
09 — Leeds – Project House
11 — Manchester – O2 Ritz
13 — Oxford – O2 Academy
Stereolab also reissued seven of their albums – from 1993’s ‘Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements’ to 2004’s ‘Margerine Eclipse’ earlier this year. They were released as standard editions that the band promised would “have a lower price point that will help fans and shops in the current economic environment,” as per the band’s manager Martin Pike.
“These new editions will use the 2019 remastered tracks, but they will no longer include the disk of demos or the track-by-track notes,” he revealed in an Instagram post. “The sleevenotes will be added to the archive on our website, and the demo versions will still be available to stream or purchase digitally.”
The albums are available to order here.
