Joy is
Stereolab's sound-dust album. And reading other Amazon reviews and finding many reviewers having a similar reaction - that this is, indeed, the groops finest release in years. It leaves the experimentation (which I always liked) behind in favour of some incredible orchestration (lush and beautiful) and good songwriting, and leaves me and apparently many other listeners happy and humming.
And in my case, going "wow" every time I hear it. For the first time, Stereolab's making music I want to hear NOW, instead of music that I'd want to hear if our past visions of the future had come to pass.
Anti-joy is being robbed of our deserved space age.
Joy is finding remnants of how
people used to dream about the future.