Stereolab have announced Pulse of the Early Brain, the fifth volume of their Switched On series of non-LP track compilations, which will be out September 2 via Warp / Duophonic UHD Disks. At 21 tracks across two vinyl albums, this is the most concise Switched On to date, sweeping up singles, b-sides, collaborations, radio sessions and other rarities that have yet to appear in the series.
Those include: two tracks from their 1997 Simple Headphone Mind collaborative EP with Nurse With Wound, 1992’s Low Fi EP, stray songs from various editions of 2008’s Chemical Chords, a live version of "Cybele’s Reverie" recorded at Hollywood Bowl, and more. You can preorder it now in a variety of formats, editions and variants, and check out the artwork and tracklist below.
The band have shared "Robot Riot," which was originally written in 2000 for a sculpture made by artist Charles Long, who they collaborated with on 1995's Music For The Amorphous Body Study Center project. Listen to that out below.
Stereolab will be on tour in North America starting September 6 in Nashville, and they've just announced that joining them for most dates will be Fievel is Glauque. (Deradoorian was original supposed to open but had to pull out of the tour.) Stops include Basilica Hudson on October 5 and NYC's Brooklyn Steel on October 10 & 11. All dates are listed below.
Pulse of the Early Brain [Switched On Volume 5]: 1. Stereolab/Nurse With Wound - Simple Headphone Mind 2. Stereolab/Nurse With Wound - Trippin' with the Birds 3. Low Fi 4. [Varoom!] 5. Laisser-Faire 6. Elektro [he held the world in his iron grip] 7. Robot Riot 8. Spool of Collusion 9. Symbolic Logic of Now! 10. Forensic Itch 11. Ronco Symphony [Demo] 12. ABC 13. Magne-Music 14. Blaue Milch 15. Yes Sir! I Can Moogie 16. Plastic Mile [Original Version] 17. Refractions in the Plastic Pulse [Feebate Mix] - Autechre Remix 18. Unity Purity Occasional 19. The Nth Degrees 20. XXXOOO 21. Cybele's Reverie [Live at the Hollywood Bowl]
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Stereolab - 2022 Tour Dates Sept 6th | Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works Sept 7th | Atlanta, GA - The Eastern Sept 9th | Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theatre Sept 10th | Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall Sept 11th | Dallas, TX - House of Blues Sept 13th | Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre Sept 16th | Los Angeles, CA - Primavera LA Sept 17th | San Diego, CA - The Observatory North Park Sept 19th | San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Sept 20th | San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore Sept 23rd | Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre Sept 24th | Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom Sept 25th | Seattle, WA - The Showbox Sept 28th | Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue Sept 29th | Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre Sept 30th | Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre Oct 1st | Toronto, ON - History Oct 2nd | Montreal, QC - MTELUS Oct 4th | Boston, MA - Roadrunner Oct 5th | Hudson, NY - Basilica Hudson Oct 7th | Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall Oct 8th | Washington, DC - 9.30 Club [Late show] Oct 10th | Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel Oct 14th | Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle Oct 15th | Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
