Feels like we’ve moved on, as a society, from Japanese Breakfast. Sad but inevitable — unsteady combo of smart, charismatic star, good melodies, and the flattest vocals you’ve ever heard in your life.
IMO I think the issue is she doesn't release new music fast enough for the broader mainstream audience she was starting to break into and slowed down on touring. The machine wants to be fed but the underground DIY scene she came from doesn't always operate at that pace.
Listen, Stereolab had a good long run even after Mary’s untimely death and if Laetitia hadn’t gone full Peterson I might have gone to their recent oldies tour. And Laetitia makes Nico sound like a Korg tuner
Had no idea. Saw one of Stereolab’s first post pandemic shows (felt like it too) and her one woman solo tour earlier this year, which was surprisingly good.
I am glad that so many different acts are receiving attention these days, it's much better than when I was growing up and WSHE only played the Doors, the Who, Led Zep, and Pink Floyd. That's my positive spin.
I think it's great that a show like CBS Saturday Morning regularly devotes a segment to a band I've never heard of and gives them mainstream exposure. That's where I first heard Middle Kids, years ago. And Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers and other up-and-comers.
