Stereolab announce Instant Holograms On Metal Film, out 23rd May 2025 via Duophonic UHF Disks / Warp

Stereolab announce a new album, Instant Holograms On Metal Film, available on 23rd May 2025, co-released by the band’s own label Duophonic UHF Disks, and Warp Records. Their first new record in fifteen years, it features thirteen songs written by Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane; performed by Laetitia, Tim, Andy Ramsay, Joe Watson and Xavi Muñoz, who comprise the current touring line-up of the band.

The album also features guest contributions by Cooper Crain and Rob Frye (Bitchin Bajas), Ben LaMar Gay (International Anthem), Ric Elsworth, Holger Zapf (Cavern Of Anti-Matter), Marie Merlet and Molly Hansen Read.

Instant Holograms On Metal Film will be available on double vinyl LP in standard and colour variants, as well as compact disc and digital formats. Pre-order/save it here.

The first single,“Aerial Troubles”, is out today, listen here and watch the video, directed by Laurent Askienazy, below. An album trailer is also available here.

Stereolab - Aerial Troubles

Last week, some fans of the band received a package stamped “unsolicited Stereolab material”. Inside was a 7” single containing “Aerial Troubles” on one side, an instrumental version on the flip, with a cryptic wordsearch insert. At the same time, posters with the band’s name appeared in a number of major cities with the same word grid printed on. Over the past few days, several attempts have been made to solve the wordsearch, with much online speculation about how the words go together, and whether the single did indeed contain new music, or something uncovered from the band’s archives.

Over the past few days, there has been a slow reveal of the album cover art on the Lab Report sign up page of the band’s website, with different layers gradually appearing. The 7” started landing with people on 2nd April 2025, sixteen years to the day after the groop announced they were going on indefinite hiatus. In 2019 the band released expanded and remastered editions of seven of their studio albums, coinciding with Stereolab playing live for the first time in nine years. They have continued to tour sporadically since then, and have augmented their catalogue further with the release of the compilations Electrically Possessed [Switched On Vol 4] in 2021, and Pulse Of The Early Brain [Switched On Vol 5] in 2022.

Instant Holograms On Metal Film Tracklist:

01. Mystical Plosives

02. Aerial Troubles

03. Melodie Is A Wound

04. Immortal Hands

05. Vermona F Transistor

06. Le Coeur Et La Force

07. Electrified Teenybop!

08. Transmuted Matter

09. 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 are touring extensively this year throughout Europe, North America and the UK, with select shows in South America. Many shows are already sold out. See a full list of live dates below.

May 2025

24th - The Booking Hall - Dover, England - on sale here

25th - Botanique [Les Nuits Botanique] - Brussels, Belgium - on sale here

26th - Gloria - Köln, Germany - on sale here

28th - Grunspan - Hamburg, Germany - on sale here

29th - Huxleys Neue Welt - Berlin, Germany - on sale here

30th - Zoom - Frankfurt, Germany - on sale here

31st - Paradiso - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - on sale here

June 2025

1st - Doornroosje - Nijmegen, The Netherlands - on sale here

3rd - Stereolux - Nantes, France - on sale here

4th - Le Trianon - Paris, France - on sale here

5th - Barbey - Bordeaux, France - on sale here

6th - Primavera Sound - Barcelona, Spain - SOLD OUT

7th - Teatro Eslava - Madrid, Spain - on sale here

9th - La Belle Electrique - Grenoble, France - on sale here

10th - Ferrara Sotto le Stelle [Cortile del Castello] - Ferrara, Italy - on sale here

11th - Volkshaus - Zurich, Switzerland - on sale here

12th - Hansa 36 - Munich, Germany - on sale here

14th - Tvornica Kulture - Zagreb, Croatia - on sale here

15th - A38 Ship - Budapest, Hungary - Events - A38 Ship - on sale here

16th - WUK - Vienna, Austria - on sale here

17th - Meet Factory - Prague, Czech Republic - on sale here

19th - Manufaktur - Schorndorf, Germany - on sale here

20th - Den Atelier - Luxembourg, Luxembourg - on sale here

July 2025

11th - Siren Festival - Arena In The Fiera - Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy - on sale here

September 2025

13th - Brooklyn Bowl - Nashville, TN - on sale here

14th - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA - on sale here

16th - Miami Beach Bandshell - Miami, FL - on sale here

18th - Civic Theatre - New Orleans, LA - on sale here

19th - Georgia Theatre - Athens, GA - on sale here

20th - The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC - on sale here

21st - Haw River Ballroom - Saxapahaw, NC - SOLD OUT

23rd - The Howard Theatre - Washington, DC - on sale here

24th - Union Transfer - Philadelphia. PA - SOLD OUT

26th - Royale - Boston, MA - on sale here

27th - State Theatre - Portland, ME - on sale here

October 2025

1st - Brooklyn Steel - Brooklyn, NY - SOLD OUT

2nd - Brooklyn Steel - Brooklyn, NY - on sale here

3rd - Higher Ground - Burlington, VT - SOLD OUT

4th - Théâtre Beanfield - Montreal, QC - SOLD OUT

6th - Danforth Music Hall - Toronto, ON - SOLD OUT

7th - Asbury Hall - Buffalo, NY - on sale here

8th - Globe Iron - Cleveland, OH - on sale here

9th - Metro - Chicago, IL - SOLD OUT

10th - Metro - Chicago, IL - SOLD OUT

11th - First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN - on sale here

12th - Hancher Auditorium at the Englert Theatre - Iowa City, IA - on sale here

14th - Gothic Theatre - Denver, CO - on sale here

17th - Vogue Theatre - Vancouver, BC - on sale here

18th - Neptune Theatre - Seattle, WA - SOLD OUT

19th - McMenamins Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR - on sale here

21st - The Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA - SOLD OUT

22nd - The Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA - on sale here

24th - Rio Theatre - Santa Cruz, CA - SOLD OUT

25th - The Bellwether - Los Angeles, CA - SOLD OUT

26th - The Bellwether - Los Angeles, CA - SOLD OUT

28th - Observatory North Park - San Diego, CA - on sale here

30th - Ballroom Marfa - Marfa, TX - SOLD OUT

31st - TBC - Austin, TX

November 2025

1st - White Oak Music Hall - Houston, TX - on sale here

2nd - Granada Theatre - Dallas, TX - on sale here

4th - Complejo Art Media - Buenos Aires, Argentina - on sale here

7th/8th - Fauna Primavera - Santiago, Chile

9th - Balaclava Fest - São Paulo, Brazil - on sale here

12th - Foro Indie Rocks! - Mexico City, Mexico - SOLD OUT

13th - Foro Indie Rock! - Mexico City, Mexico - on sale here

December 2025

5th - Brighton Dome Corn Exchange - Brighton, England - on sale here

6th - Royal Festival Hall - London, England - SOLD OUT

8th - SWG3 Galvanisers - Glasgow, Scotland - on sale here

9th - Project House - Leeds, England - on sale here

11th - O2 Ritz - Manchester, England - on sale here

12th - Wulfrun Hall - Wolverhampton, England - on sale here

13th - O2 Academy - Oxford, England - on sale here

14th - Brixton Electric - London, England - on sale here