"I was really sad to hear the news about Gerry Marsden. My mum Julie Samuel starred as his girlfriend Dodie in ‘Ferry Cross The Mersey’ when she was just 19. They got along really well and she has always said what a lovely person he was.” Sarah
All three of us are going to be on Tim’s Twitter
@LlSTENlNG_PARTY
tomorrow night with our new album I’ve Been Trying To Tell You. Which, coincidentally, is out tomorrow!
It’s been a tricky year for everyone, especially key workers. But we can still party in our own bubble tomorrow night, glass of something fizzy in hand! Here are some of my favourite Etienne party tunes - happy New Year and a very special 2021 xxx Sarah
We’re very sad to hear that Margo Guryan has passed away. She wrote I Don’t Intend to Spend Christmas Without You, which has been a regular live festive cover for us. Margo came to see us backstage in LA once, and she was just as lovely as you’d expect.
Bob’s book Let’s Do It: The Birth of Pop is out on May 5th. Buy it from the band shop, and you will get this special, signed, limited edition CD soundtrack. Details to follow.
The second Saint Etienne playlist (correct link this time) - Picnic At Hanging Rock. Includes blanket on the ground, plus free ants stealing your sandwiches.
“I've Been Trying to Tell You is quite an achievement, a gorgeous, hypnotic record that feels like a half-remembered dream, a memory of a time and a place that has faded to flashes of color and pure feelings.” Thanks
@brooklynvegan
Foxbase Beta vinyl has just arrived in the Et warehouse - looks and sounds delish.
Ltd ed 1000 pressing is almost sold out already. Treat ur self to one:
And a 2CD set of our most in-demand and hard to find mixes: Chem Bros, Masters At Work, Kane West, Confidence Man, Air France... 20 in all. Limited to 1400 copies, on sale at US tour venues.
Bob’s suggestion of the Tasmin Archer sample was genius and I loved playing around with it. I think of this track as a kind of Balearic shoegaze number. Possibly my favourite, I think Sarah’s mournful vocal is like a siren luring you in = pete
#TimsTwitterListeningParty
Competition Time! - head to our Instagram page
@saintetienneofficial
this Saturday for details of how to win a rare copy of our ‘Pocket Call’ 7” single
Nice to get a bit of flanging in! used sparingly I love it. If drunk and DJing though me and Bob can get over keen on the flange button if there’s one on the dj mixer - Pete
#TimsTwitterListeningParty