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7" / THE HORIZONTALISTS / "Twenty Feet Behind" b-w "Sudden Death Overtime" / Horizontal Records / July 2001 marks the return of the Stereolab. They haven't done too much since last summer's Last of the Microbe Hunters mini-album, but a new full length is due out soon. Apparently two members of the band weren't feeling busy enough with that, so they got together with a couple other folks to release the Horizontalist 7". This may mark the return of the endless flow of Stereolab side project 7". Fortunately, Mary Hansen and Andy Ramsay are, in my opinion, two of the more interesting members of the band. They've participated in nice Z-adored stuff like Miss Mend. And I must say I enjoy the B-side of the Twenty Feet Behind 7", "Sudden Death Overtime". It has more of an analog sound than recent S-lab, and doesn't have the super-rich, 72 instrument, 300 track mixer feel. Whether or not the rest of the Lab will follow suit and go with simplicity over weak "jazz influenced" droll... only time will tell. The Horozontalists contributed music to the soundtrack of the video Speed Queen by Ulrika Kubata

Performer - Andy Ramsay , Dominic Murcott , Fulton Dingley , Mary Hansen , Susan James
Written-By - M Hansen

A Twenty Feet Behind 3:04
B Sudden Death Overtime 5:07