Saint Etienne released their final studio album this week and received a 4* review from Live4ever – revisit it and stream ‘International’ right here.
Nothing should surprise us in music these days, a branch of art of which The Rolling Stones accountants seemed to feel that anybody needed the execrable …
Although there’s a lot of file sharing, on ‘International’ the identity which Saint Etienne fans have cherished is rarely if ever under threat.
Nothing should surprise us in music these days, a branch of art of which The Rolling Stones accountants seemed to feel that anybody needed the execrable Hackney …
The conscious ambiguity of Saint Etienne’s new album is a strength.
More or less three decades ago, Saint Etienne were almost famous.
Released towards the end of 1995, the compilation Too Young to Die eventually went silver, whilst its preceding single He’s On The Phone became as seasonally radio ubiquitous …
Sessions took place between January-August this year, the band embracing in-studio collaboration again after the enforced remote nature of 2021’s I’ve Been Trying …
Saint Etienne have released I’ve Been Trying To Tell You on this New Music Friday – have a listen on Live4ever via Spotify.
Saint Etienne used samples and sounds plundered between 1997-2001 for their new album, their first driven by this kind of sonic template since So Tough …
Possibly the best thing about the human condition is our inability to know the future.
For a handful of years during the mid-to-late 1990s, life in Britain – we’ve always had a national talent for ignoring events anywhere else – seemed settled, blissful even.
Live4ever’s 2017 retrospective concludes today with the Albums, with the ‘warmth, joy and emotion’ of The Barr Brothers, Prisoner’s ‘raw earthy, almost live feel’, ‘one of Britain’s most articulate, dexterous bands’, Lotta Sea Lice – ‘an album made of a genuine friendship’, and much more included in this year’s rundown.…