At one juncture the French-English band Stereolab were mingling the Velvet Underground’s drones with ’60s pop; at another diving into dance, hip-hop and minimalism; at still another becoming entranced with jazz and bossa nova, a sound embodied by one of their best known albums, 1997’s Dots and Loops.

On Stereolab’s first LP of new material in 15 years, Instant Holograms on Metal Film, the expansive, far-reaching infatuation with grooves remains strong as the band prepares to play Miami Beach Bandshell on its first South Florida tour stop in decades.

The new album is a warm French blanket of meditative melodies and vocal counterpoint, complemented perfectly by filtered drums and synth sounds from a digital dungeon. The album’s crown jewel is “Melodie Is A Wound,” a layered ecosystem of guitar, electric piano, myriad percussion and compressed, crunchy bass with an anti-war lyric. In live performances posted online, “Melodie” turns into a whirlwind of noise, in classic Stereolab fashion, instruments playing off one another under flourishing lights.

The whole album is garage rock and noise and funk and jazz all in one, combined in unexpected ways. One track, “Vermona F Transistor,” sounds like Daft Punk wandering around a field of flowers. Co-founding band member Lætitia Sadier has also spoken of the album as a continuation of Stereolab’s interest in the work of minimalist composers such as Steve Reich. Yet Instant Holograms on Metal Film is very much an approachable entry point into the Stereolab catalogue, each song reminiscent of previous work while still fresh and experimental.

The recording hiatus that followed 2010’s Not Music was not a fallow period for Sadler or Stereolab co-founder Tim Gane. Sadier has released five solo albums as well as an album and an EP with her Modern Cosmology partners, the Brazilian band Mombojó.

She’s also notched a noteworthy list of collaborations including the track “PartyIsntOver/Campfire/Bimmer” by Tyler, the Creator. Gane, meanwhile, has issued several albums and singles, and one movie score, all under the name Cavern of Anti-Matter. Who knows how long they’ll reconvene Stereolab. This feels like a good moment to see them.

Stereolab and MEMORIALS perform 7pm Tuesday, September 16 at Miami Beach Bandshell. stereolab.co.uk ~ Erik Kvarnberg