Stereolab announce first new album in 15 years, share “Arial Troubles”

After some teasing and puzzles last week, Stereolab have now made it official: they’re releasing their first new album in 15 years. (It’s really 17 years as, 2010’s Not Music is comprised of unused songs from from 2008’s Chemical Chords.)  It’s titled Instant Holograms On Metal Film, and will be out May 23 via Duophonic / Warp. It features contributions from Bitchin’ Bajas’ Cooper Crain (who recorded and engineered the album) and Rob Frye, as well as Ben LaMar Gay, Ric Elsworth, Holger Zapf (Cavern Of Anti-Matter), Marie Merlet and Molly Read. Preorder the album on double clear vinyl in the BV shop.

The first single from the album is “Arial Troubles,” which is the song they sent out as a 7″ to select fans last week along with a word search puzzle that has the album title, song titles, and performers. It sounds like Stereolab in all the ways you want it to, and is very catchy. Watch the video, directed by Laurent Askienazy, below.

Stereolab will be on tour in North America this fall, and the first half of the run will be opened by MEMORIALS (the duo of Electrelane’s Verity Susman and Wire/It Hugs Back’s Matthew Simms). The second half will be opened by Dorothea Paas, Bitchin’ Bajas and Natural Information Society. There are two NYC shows: Brooklyn Steel on October 1 with MEMORIALS, and Brooklyn Steel on October 2 with Dorothea Paas & Bitchin’ Bajas and Natural Information Society. All dates are listed below.

Instant Holograms On Metal Film
1. Mystical Plosives
2. Aerial Troubles
3. Melodie Is A Wound
4. Immortal Hands
5. Vermona F Transistor
6. Le Coeur Et La Force
7. Electrified Teenybop!
8. Transmuted Matter
9. 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

Europe Dates
+ = Astrobal
* = TBC

5/24 – Dover, UK @ The Booking Hall *
5/25 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique Les Nuits Botanique
5/26 – Köln, DE @ Gloria
5/28 – Hamburg, DE @ Grunspan
5/29 – Berlin, DE @ Huxley Neue Welt
5/30 – Frankfurt, DE @ Zoom
5/31 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
6/1 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
6/3 – Nantes, FR @ Stereolux +
6/4 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon +
6/5 – Bordeaux, FR @ Barbey +
6/6 – Barcelona, ESP @ Primavera Sound +
6/7 – Madrid, ESP @ Teatro Eslava +
6/9 – Grenoble, FR @ La Belle Electrique +
6/10 – Ferrara, IT @ Ferrara Sotto le Stelle
6/11 – Zurich, CH @ Volkshaus +
6/12 – Munich, DE @ Hansa 36 +
6/14 – Zagreb, CR @ Tvornica Kulture +
6/15 – Budapest, HU @ A38 Ship +
6/16 – Vienna, AU @ WUK +
6/17 – Prague, CZ @ Meet Factory +
6/19 – Schorndorf, DE – Manufaktur +
6/20 – Luxembourg, LU @ Den Atelier +
7/11 – Cagliari, SD, IT @ Siren Festival

North American Dates
+ = Memorials
@ = Dorothea Paas & Bitchin’ Bajas / Natural Information Society
* = Bitchin’ Bajas
^ = TBC

9/13 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl +
9/14 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse +
9/16 – Miami, FL @ Miami Beach Bandshell +
9/18 – New Orleans, LA @ The Civic Theatre +
9/19 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre +
9/20 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel +
9/21 – Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom SOLD OUT +
9/23 – Washington, D.C. @ The Howard Theatre +
9/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer SOLD OUT +
9/26 – Boston, MA @ Royale +
9/27 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre +
10/1 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel SOLD OUT +
10/2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel @
10/3 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground SOLD OUT @
10/4 – Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Beanfield SOLD OUT @
10/6 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall SOLD OUT @
10/7 – Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall @
10/8 – Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron @
10/9 – Chicago, IL @ Metro SOLD OUT @
10/10 – Chicago, IL @ Metro SOLD OUT
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 SOLD OUT *
10/19 – Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom*
10/21 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom SOLD OUT *
10/22 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom ^
10/24 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Rio Theatre SOLD OUT *
10/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether SOLD OUT *
10/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Bellwether SOLD OUT ^
10/28 – San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park *
10/30 – Marfa, TX @ The Capri SOLD OUT *
10/31 – Austin, TX @ TBC
11/1 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall *
11/2 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre *

Latin American Dates
11/4 – Buenos Aires, ARG @ Complejo Art Media
11/7 – Santiago, CHI @ Fauna Primaversa
11/9 – São Paulo, BRA @ Balaclava Festival
11/12 – Mexico City, MX @ Foro Indie Rocks! SOLD OUT
11/13 – Mexico City, MX @ Foro Indie Rocks!

UK Dates
12/5 – Brighton, UK @ Corn Exchange
12/6 – London, UK @ Royal Festival Hall SOLD OUT
12/8 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3
12/9 – Leeds, UK @ Project House
12/11 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz
12/12 – Wolverhampton, UK @ University of Wolverhampton at the Wulfrun Hall
12/13 – Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy
12/14 – London, UK @ Brixton Electric