Bleep

Lætitia Sadier’s first solo album proper since 2014 from the Stereolab founding member is a dazzling display of vocal and instrumental versatility. Theoretical, philosophical, and political lyrics never feel too heady as she weaves them into pop structures, like the nonlinear musings on potential and the chaotic state of becoming in ‘Who + What’ voiced over dramatic organ freezes. Luscious strums and lowkey drum machines meanwhile frame candid and domestic lyrics in ‘Don't Forget You're Mine’, before the excitement and emotion are amplified with revitalised rhythms and strings, leading to slick basslines and the friction of voices gathering momentum on the closing ‘Cloud 6’.