Stereolab: Peng! (Too Pure)
Everett True, Melody Maker, 23 May 1992
STEREOLAB, to me, were always one of those anonymous State Of The Art bands which so needlessly cluttered up the pages of the music press, week in, week out. They had an obvious Lush fixation. They used drones and jangling guitars. They gave boring interview. More fool me.
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