What first attracted you about Stereolab?

For me, it was the way Laetitia combined the metaphysical and the political in a positive, forward-thinking utopian vision. Listening to a Stereolab song and paying attention to the lyrics gave me a glimpse of hopeand truth in a way that you seldom find in rock music.

That seems to have passed, though, as Laetitia grew and became more a little more cynical. But her lyrics still make keen observations. They say that every idealist becomes a pessimist. I don't think that's true, though.