Stereolab: Separation Terrorists
Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 16 July 1994
Subversive MOR may sound like a contradiction in terms, but its the best available description of Stereolabs new single, Ping Pong, the most brilliant example to date of their musical esoterrorism.
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