Saint Etienne, the greatest ever band in pop – you could argue with me, but you’d lose – are finished. C’est fini, as Timothee Chalamet (fan of the band’s Ligue 2 namesake) might say. Earlier this ...

Is pop music something you grow up and grow out of? No way, say Saint Etienne – time just adds to its power In 2005, when Saint Etienne's last studio album Tales from Turnpike House was released, ...

Long-running UK group Saint Etienne have had a great year, all things considered. They released the hypnotic I’ve Been Trying to Tell You, one of the best and most unusual albums of their 30-year ...

Saint Etienne’s eighth album, Words and Music by Saint Etienne, starts with singer Sarah Cracknell—transported back to a time before adult autonomy—admiring kids with the daring to question authority.

In October 1991, alternative dance-pop trio Saint Etienne released their debut album Foxbase Alpha, which became the first full-length LP on Jeff Barrett’s newly founded label, Heavenly Recordings.

Saint Etienne are to release their first studio album in seven years in May. 'Words And Music By Saint Etienne' is the band's first album since 2005's 'Tales From Turnpike House'. The album release ...

Sarah, Bob and Pete talk about recording their mesmeric new album via Zoom, the reality of the 90s and the oddness of pop parenthood In the concrete balcony bar of the BFI Southbank on a late summer’s ...

Emerging at the dawn of the 1990s, when everyone else was starting to find inspiration in their record collections, Saint Etienne seemed like a very sane escape. While the louder groups banged on ...

Audio for this feature is no longer available. For more than two decades, Saint Etienne has embodied the art of understated pop. Pete Wiggs and Bob Stanley's synthesizers and drum machines have been ...