Stars of the Lid - Avec Laudenum (Black Vinyl) Molchat Doma humor and hope

humor and hope

Bite the Hand That Feeds

Apples in Stereo

This record remains somewhat divisive

Album opener “How To Rent A Room” is light twang and a grown-up Jonathan Richman-esque stream of consciousness

Stars of the Lid - Avec Laudenum (Black Vinyl) Molchat Doma humor and hope2023 repress. "The first vinyl release in the U. S. for this, the fifth SotL album, originally released by Sub Rosa in 1999 and then reissued by Kranky in the fall of 2002. A pivotal album in their career, this marked the first time the duo completely stepped away from the more abstract sound pieces of earlier albums and engaged with the more symphonic and compositional approach that has become the forte of their more recent recordings."