new Saint Etienne album! not a compilation or mix!

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WTF, I had to hear about this from Pitchfork?

As for the new Saint Etienne studio disc, the band is currently in the studio polishing off tracks, and hope to have the finished product in stores early next year. In a post on the band's offical website, Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley writes: "Our new album (no title yet) is going very well but since we've recorded 23 songs it's taking a rock'n'rollin' long time to mix. Hopefully you'll be pleased with the finished record." This will be the group's first studio release since 2002's Finisterre, which was released on Mantra. Earlier this year, Saint Etienne released a pair of band-curated discs, the Songs From Mario's Cafe compilation and a two-disc entry in The Trip mix series.

Riot Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 4 November 2004 17:29 (twenty years ago)

obv I don't go to their official site

Riot Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 4 November 2004 17:30 (twenty years ago)

They have worked with Xenomania again, wonderfully, but not sure if it's for the whole thing or just a few songs like in the past.

edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 4 November 2004 17:39 (twenty years ago)

Wow, has it really been 2.5 years since "Finisterre"?

MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 4 November 2004 18:19 (twenty years ago)

Bob's been doing a Q&A with fans of the site's message board. The answers are fun, mostly trivial, but interesting nonetheless; they're all on the news page of the main site.

The new album's due in Feb or something, I think. There's one new track on the 'Travel Edition' compilation, called 'Fascination'. no word on the sound..

This 'Travel Edition' compilation looks to be the best they've out out yet, in terms of song selection. Some of the hoarier singles have been dropped for some lovely album tracks(mario's cafe, finisterre). It's a nice cover, too.

derrick (derrick), Thursday, 4 November 2004 18:43 (twenty years ago)

"They have worked with Xenomania again, wonderfully, but not sure if it's for the whole thing or just a few songs like in the past. "

What did Xenomania do in the past?

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 5 November 2004 02:46 (twenty years ago)

Brian Higgins and Matt Gray did co-production on "Burnt Out Car" (the proto-"Hole In The Head", really!) and Brian H and Tim Powell have a co-writing credits on "Action" and "Shower Scene" - which doesn't mean that they wrote them, I understand that there's a peculiar clause when working with Xenomania as regards the awarding of writing credits on their work.

Also, Mr Joshua, they of the fab "Action" radio edit, might be vaguely associated with Xenomania too according to the ever-useful Xenomania Discography.

edward o (edwardo), Friday, 5 November 2004 03:17 (twenty years ago)

finisterre was terrible, i'll probably just skip this one. beaumont will have a new album around the same time so i will be ok.

keith m (keithmcl), Friday, 5 November 2004 03:23 (twenty years ago)

Finisterre is great!

Riot Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 5 November 2004 04:04 (twenty years ago)

Still, you have to admire his force of conviction.

edward o (edwardo), Friday, 5 November 2004 04:09 (twenty years ago)

Oh cool if there's more stuff like "Shower Scene" and the Mr Joshua mix of "Action" I will be well pleased.

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 5 November 2004 04:48 (twenty years ago)

I got a copy of Travel Edition today. It's a good comp. Good track selection.

Coolfer Glenn, Friday, 5 November 2004 05:17 (twenty years ago)

When is it out? Any week now, no?

I LOVED Finisterre. There are so many incredible, iconic moments on it. the boys are back in town... and nothing can stop us now... ooh, This Is Our Wall Of Sound., or This House Believes in Skyscrapers, or the moment when her voice comes in at the end of The Way We Live Now, or the spooky, uncertain end to the whole album, a ghostly sample that I always find very haunting. It's the most attention grabbing opening to a St. Et album, as well, even more so than Urban Clearway: the crowd sounds, the increasing pulse, the gathering pace, then it bursts open.

The movie was incredible to see, too; it showed at the VIFF this year. It felt like a pilgrimage, to be honest.

derrick (derrick), Friday, 5 November 2004 08:01 (twenty years ago)


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