Pitchfork

When lava lamps and WinAmp visualizations have lost their luster, head on over to the newest Stereolab video, premiering over at Pitchfork.tv. Billed as "a nostalgic throwback to the cartoon psychedelia of the 1970s," the clip has a nice day-- or at least a trippy four minutes-- with the swoonsome brass, cheerful chords, and clear vocals of "Three Women", the first mp3 from the iconic London band's forthcoming Chemical Chords. Diamonds and other shapes float around in a variety of resplendent colors, and eventually you can make out some ghostly figures drifting through the geometric landscape, too. Black shapes filled with pinpricks of light look kind of like the night sky, and a mathematical equation also appears-- perhaps the reason for the madly chattering teeth that show up near the end of the clip. Groovier than Jimi Hendrix porn, that's for sure (erm, not that I would know).

[from Chemical Chords; due 08/18/08 worldwide (except for the U.S.) and 08/19/08 in the U.S. from Duophonic UHF Disks/4AD]