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On the ninth of December, longstanding band member Mary Hansen was killed when hit by a truck while riding her bicycle.

Born in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, Hansen earned the most attention for her vocal work with Stereolab, although she also played the guitar and keyboards.

The music journalist Pierre Perrone said that Hansen's " playful nature and mischievous sense of humour came through in the way she approached the backing vocals she contributed to Stereolab and the distinctive harmonies she created with Sadier.

" For the next few months, Stereolab lay dormant as the members grieved.

They eventually decided to continue ; as Sadier explained in a 2004 interview: " Losing Mary is still incredibly painful ...

But it's also an opportunity to transform and move on.

It's a new version.

We've always had new versions, people coming in and out.

That's life.

" ( Future album and concert reviews would mention the effects of Hansen's absence.

) In a 2004 interview, Sadier said that " Our dedication to her on the album Margerine Eclipse says, ' We will love you till the end ', meaning of our lives.

I'm not religious, but I feel Mary's energy is still around somewhere.

It didn't just disappear.