Stereolab
Sound-Dust
Label:  Elektra 
Date:  8/28/2001
Length:  0:00
Format:  CD
Genre:  Rock; Alternative
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Black Ants In Sound Dust    
      2.  
      		 Spacemoth    
      3.  
      		 Captain easychord    
      4.  
      		 Baby Lulu    
      5.  
      		 The Black Arts    
      6.  
      		 Hallucinex    
      7.  
      		 Double Rocker    
      8.  
      		 Gus The Mynah Bird    
      9.  
      		 Naught More Terrific Than Man    
      10.  
      		 Nothing To Do With Me    
      11.  
      		 Suggestion Diabolique    
      12.  
      		 Les Bons Bons Des Raisons    
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      On their 12th release, art-pop act Stereolab float deeper into the post-rock atmosphere. They still draw from Ennio Morricone and Henry Mancini when creating their own fantasy soundtracks, but Sound-Dust lacks the dynamic interplay that invigorated Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night. The disc is all easy-listening lounge that's almost too gentle on the ears. There are no urgent sonic experiments, and only three tracks really spark to life: "Spacemoth," "Captain Easychord," and the Kubrick-inspired "Gus and the Mynah Bird." "Easychord" is the catchiest song on the album, containing the CD's most ebullient melody-emitting, warped, country-twanged notes. Beyond that, Stereolab fans should prepare for a very sedate, mature affair. --Jennifer Maerz