If the band Stereolab were ever to have a musical family reunion, I can imagine heaps of bands, all relatively familiar to their pioneering elder, mingling about games of horseshoes and eating deviled eggs.

Were I lucky enough to be invited to this hypothetical picnic, I’d gravitate towards my favorite Stereolab cousins. I’d ask Broadcast to play lawndarts, invite Electrelane to a round of Beerpong, get into a political argument with The Sea and the Cake, and see if The American Analog Set could drive me home.

After The American Analog Set dropped me off at my house, I would listen to these four songs and cry, knowing that Stereolab’s extended family is so much cooler than mine.

Broadacst – America’s Boy

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Electrelane – Gone Under Sea

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Afternoon Speaker – The Sea and The Cake

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Punk as Fuck – The American Analog Set

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