Instant Holograms on Metal Film

Stereolab started teasing the record in early April 2025, via a wordsearch image sent to subscribers of their Lab Report newsletter as well as a series of Instagram posts.{{cite magazine|url=https://djmag.com/news/stereolab-announce-first-new-album-15-years-instant-holograms-metal-film-share-single-listen|title=Stereolab announce first new album in 15 years, Instant Holograms on Metal Film, share single: Listen|last=Welsh|first=April Clare|magazine=DJ Mag|date=9 April 2025|access-date=20 April 2025}} On 2 April, 16 years to the day that the group announced their indefinite hiatus,{{cite web|url=https://www.v2benelux.com/news/stereolab-announce-instant-holograms-on-metal-film|title=Stereolab return with their first studio album in fifteen years: Instant Holograms on Metal Film|website=V2 Records|date=11 April 2025|access-date=20 April 2025}} fans received a package called "unsolicited Stereolab material" comprising the lead single "Aerial Troubles" alongside the instrumental. Additionally, posters of the band's name appeared in major cities around the world.{{cite magazine|url=https://louderthanwar.com/stereolab-announce-first-new-album-in-fifteen-years-instant-holograms-on-metal-film/|title=Stereolab Announce First New Album in Fifteen Years – Instant Holograms on Metal Film|magazine=Louder Than War|date=9 April 2025|access-date=20 April 2025}} Stereolab announced their eleventh studio album on 8 April, which marks their return after a 15 year wait.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/stereolab-announce-first-album-in-fifteen-years-instant-holograms-on-metal-film/|title=Stereolab Announce First Album In Fifteen Years, Instant Holograms on Metal Film|last=Murray|first=Robin|magazine=Clash|date=8 April 2025|access-date=20 April 2025}} "Aerial Troubles", a song that features their "signature otherworldly, radiant groove", received an official release the same day alongside a "retro" music video directed by Laurent Askienazy.{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2303393/stereolab-announce-first-new-album-in-15-years-instant-holograms-on-metal-film-hear-aerial-troubles/music/|title=Stereolab Announce First New Album In 15 Years Instant Holograms On Metal Film: Hear "Aerial Troubles"|last=Chelosky|first=Danielle|website=Stereogum|date=8 April 2025|access-date=20 April 2025}}

Instant Holograms on Metal Film includes 13 tracks, all of which were written by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier and performed by the duo alongside Andy Ramsay, Joe Watson and Xavi Muñoz of the group's 2025 touring lineup.{{cite magazine|url=https://thequietus.com/news/stereolab-detail-first-studio-lp-in-15-years-instant-holograms-on-metal-film/|title=Stereolab Detail First Studio LP in 15 Years, Instant Holograms on Metal Film|last=Eede|first=Christian|magazine=The Quietus|date=8 April 2025|access-date=20 April 2025}} It features contributions by Cooper Crain and Rob Frye of Bitchin Bajas, Ben LaMar Gay of International Anthem, Ric Elsworth, Holger Zapf of Cavern of Anti-Matter, Marie Merlet and Molly Hansen Read.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/news/stereolab-announce-new-album-instant-holograms-on-metal-film-149474/|title=Stereolab announce new album, Instant Holograms on Metal Film|last=Richards|first=Sam|magazine=Uncut|date=8 April 2025|access-date=20 April 2025}} The album was released as a double vinyl LP, available in standard and coloured variants as well as on CD.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/stereolab-announce-first-album-in-15-years-instant-holograms-on-metal-film-and-share-new-single-aerial-troubles-23080145|title=Stereolab announce first album in 15 years, Instant Holograms on Metal Film, and share new single 'Aerial Troubles'|last=Martin|first=Andrea Ortiz-Vivanco|magazine=Hot Press|date=8 April 2025|access-date=20 April 2025}} Instant Holograms on Metal Film will be supported by a tour through Europe, North America and the United Kingdom from May to December 2025.{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/stereolab-book-north-american-fall-tour|title=Stereolab Book North American Fall Tour|last=Hudson|first=Alex|website=Exclaim!|date=27 February 2025|access-date=20 April 2025}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Instant Holograms on Metal Film track listing

| all_writing = Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, except "Mystical Plosives" and "Electrified Teenybop!" by Gane

| title1 = Mystical Plosives

| length1 = 0:55

| title2 = Aerial Troubles

| length2 = 3:20

| title3 = Melodie Is a Wound

| length3 = 7:37

| title4 = Immortal Hands

| length4 = 6:25

| title5 = Vermona F Transistor

| length5 = 4:37

| title6 = La Coeur et La Force

| length6 = 4:21

| title7 = Electrified Teenybop!

| length7 = 4:16

| title8 = Transmuted Matter

| length8 = 4:16

| title9 = Esemplastic Creeping Eruption

| length9 = 6:04

| title10 = If You Remember I Forgot How to Dream Pt. 1

| length10 = 3:41

| title11 = Flashes from Everywhere

| length11 = 5:35

| title12 = Colour Television

| length12 = 5:33

| title13 = If You Remember I Forgot How to Dream Pt. 2

| length13 = 2:56

| total_length = 59:36

}}

• Timothy Gane – guitar, organ, synthesizer, mixing
• Lætitia Sadier – guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, trombone, vocals, mixing
• Andy Ramsay – drums, synthesizer, mixing
• Joe Watson – organ, Rhodes, synthesizer, vocals, Wurlitzer, mixing
• Xavi Muñoz – bass, vocals, mixing

• Cooper Crain – drums, drum machine, synthesizer, mixing, engineering
• Bo Kondren – mastering
• Rob Frye – clarinet, flute
• Ric Elsworth – glockenspiel, marimba, percussion, vibraphone
• Marie Merlet – vocals

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