''Instant Holograms on Metal Film'' is the eleventh studio album by English-French rock band

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. It was released on 23 May 2025 through Duophonic UHF Disks and

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. It marked their first studio album in nearly 15 years, following '' Not Music'' (2010).

Background and release

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

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posts. On 2 April, 16 years to the day that the group announced their indefinite hiatus, 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. Stereolab announced their eleventh studio album on 8 April, which marks their return after a 15 year wait. "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. ''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. 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. The album was released as a double vinyl LP, available in standard and coloured variants as well as on CD. ''Instant Holograms on Metal Film'' will be supported by a tour through Europe, North America and the United Kingdom from May to December 2025.

Track listing

Personnel

Stereolab

* Timothy Gane – guitar, organ, synthesizer, mixing * Lætitia Sadier – guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, trombone, vocals, mixing * Andy Ramsay – drums, synthesizer, mixing * Joe Watson – organ,

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, synthesizer, vocals,

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, mixing * Xavi Muñoz – bass, vocals, mixing

Additional contributors

* Cooper Crain – drums,

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, synthesizer, mixing,

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* Bo Kondren – mastering * Rob Frye –

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* Ric Elsworth –

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, percussion,

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* Marie Merlet – vocals

Charts

References

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