Peng!

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  1992

  James

  Peng! introduces Stereolab’s strange and hugely influential blend of motorik rhythms, lounge-pop melody, avant-garde repetition, and political coolness. The grooves are hypnotic but never passive, driven by tightly locked bass and drum patterns that owe as much to krautrock as indie rock. Laetitia Sadier’s vocals give the music detached elegance without emotional emptiness. Songs stretch through repetition in ways that feel trance-like rather than jam-oriented. The album’s textures and structures would influence indie music for decades afterward.