Saint Etienne unveil new single and video Take Me To The Pilot

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Saint Etienne by Rob Baker Ashton

Saint Etienne’s new single was co-written and produced with Paul Hartnoll of Orbital.

The thirteenth and final studio album from Saint Etienne, International, is being previewed again ahead of its release on September 5th.

“Take Me To The Pilot is a dark mystery, a flight to somewhere new, somewhere to make your heart beat faster,” Bob Stanley has said.

It’s about escape, disappearance, reinvention. Who’s the pilot? You don’t get to find out – that’s the mystery, and the fun. Paul Hartnoll from Orbital and Tim Powell from Xenomania worked on it with us, and it might just have the best bassline we’ve ever released.

“Back in 1990, after Bob had written a piece on Orbital, the Hartnoll brothers kindly let us see their stage setup, we hadn’t done anything live yet and were slightly mystified,” Pete Wiggs added.

“I think we remained so. Years later, now much wiser, I was reintroduced to Paul at a party in Hove, where I now live. We kept bumping into each other on the seafront, got chatting, and although I wasn’t sure he’d say yes, I asked if he’d be up for writing a song with us. He did – and we love it!”