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The Voice
For The Village Voice online, I spoke with a longtime hero, Laetitia Sadier:
The voice is both plaintive and bright; beguiling and stark. It knocks around a quiet range of expression, yet it sings directly—of Marx, erotic transgression, and “the Dinosaur law.” And it might have cheekily soundtracked a Volkswagen commercial or two.
The voice belongs to Laetitia Sadier and after 20 years with avant-pop bands Stereolab and Monade, she’s released her solo debut The Trip. If the comparisons to the ‘Lab (as she calls them) are unavoidable, that’s only because Sadier’s voice is so distinct. But The Trip boasts by far the freshest set of sounds Sadier has made in over a decade. She was at her home in London when I rang her on a recent Friday night.
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