Re: early lab / late lab



I wonder if the lab had kept the same band members as originally, would they have changed their sound as much as they did?

Early lab had the tendancy to put me into a trance (almost), with the grinding singular ongoing note(s) in some songs... something that first attracted me to Stereolab as having that type of similarity with the John Cale's influence in the Velvet Underground.

Newer lab kept the insane catchiness with their sound but changed somewhat; it took longer to grow on me, but now it's just as good if not totally different from their old sound. I love both sounds for different reasons, but at least I have something to choose from if I temporarily get tired of one or two of their albums. :)