pond house sounds goood, perfect vibes technopolis otm
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
Headlock wtf
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link
I don't care for it
― mark e. smith-moon (f. hazel), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 15:02 (two years ago) link
Oh, it's a Dualdisc!
So, CD on one side, DVD on the other...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
how did they find these 20 year old models lmao
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
Although the pictures don't suggest that... (re: DualDisc)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 15:13 (two years ago) link
haha, Dualdisc™️ releases ended in 2009 nobody manufactures them anymore
― mark e. smith-moon (f. hazel), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
That's what I thought, but you wouldn't put it past them..
(it says "dual disc" format, but)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 15:30 (two years ago) link
I'm not totally sold on these new songs. The opener really feels like a slog.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWs4uXfI8KE
― kitchen person, Saturday, 14 August 2021 02:18 (two years ago) link
How dare you (have a perfectly fine and valid individual opinion that might still be wrong somehow but anyway :-D ).
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 14 August 2021 02:36 (two years ago) link
Is there a remix disc? That was the best part of the last one.
― everything, Saturday, 14 August 2021 02:39 (two years ago) link
St Etienne without bangers seems wrong.
― everything, Saturday, 14 August 2021 02:46 (two years ago) link
The deluxe CD version has a DVD with the film, but I think that's it.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 14 August 2021 02:57 (two years ago) link
good for a b-side, terrible for an album opener
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Saturday, 14 August 2021 04:04 (two years ago) link
Is it just me or is there a weird trebly compression thing on Pond House? If it’s on purpose it kinda ruins this otherwise lush song for me
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Saturday, 14 August 2021 05:42 (two years ago) link
Oh, I like "Music Again".
― djh, Saturday, 14 August 2021 08:28 (two years ago) link
that was really boring!
― frogbs, Saturday, 14 August 2021 15:04 (two years ago) link
Pond Life is better, but the repetition of the Natalie Imbruglia sample gets a bit annoying towards the end.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 14 August 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
Interview about the new album in today's Observer:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/05/saint-etienne-ive-been-trying-to-tell-you-interview-bfi-season
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Sunday, 5 September 2021 09:25 (two years ago) link
The original version of that Guardian photo is here:
― djh, Sunday, 5 September 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/sep/04/original-observer-photography
I must admit, I thought "Pete looks healthy!"
― djh, Sunday, 5 September 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
I’ve been a fan for over 25 years and only recently realised I’d spent that whole time thinking Bob was Pete and Pete was Bob.
― hamicle, Sunday, 5 September 2021 21:43 (two years ago) link
I just listened to Penlop, then Pond Life again - really like the sound of this LP, and interested in how it relates to the "just thinkin baot the 90s" talk in that interview
contrary to opinion stated above i'm quite happy with banger-free St Et - always enjoy them more when they're being a bit odd
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Sunday, 5 September 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
this album is so so good
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 10 September 2021 14:39 (two years ago) link
ppl who thought "music again" was boring might not be convinced, even though you're all wrong
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 10 September 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
alright I'll listen but I'm still creeped out by the cover
― frogbs, Friday, 10 September 2021 15:07 (two years ago) link
It is a bizarre choice. Of all the imagery that could be used. For one out of only a dozen or so artistic statements of one's oeuvre.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 10 September 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
i am genuinely perplexed by yalls problems with the cover
good record and "music again" is good
― adam, Friday, 10 September 2021 15:27 (two years ago) link
Crikey, I'm listening now having been off the Saint Etienne bus for a few years and it's really good! Kind of like they've 'done a Burial'.
― Supposed Former ILM Lurker (WeWantMiles), Friday, 10 September 2021 16:07 (two years ago) link
Had a message that my copy has been delayed due to Brexit so have played on Spotify. On one play through it sounds like a cross between a b-sides collection and one of their soundtracks ... and both those things appeal to me. Might sound different when I play the actual CD (rather than via my computer) but it does sound a bit ... not quite right.
Had a quick look at Tim's Listening Party Twitter thing and came away with a slight impression that it was a Pete Wiggs album with Bob/Sarah poking him with a (virtual) stick but I might be being moody/drunk.
― djh, Friday, 10 September 2021 21:51 (two years ago) link
I like the cover, that's Aysgarth Falls in the background
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 10 September 2021 22:30 (two years ago) link
This wasn't what I was expecting. I'm sure I love it in jees - next week - but there aren't any Sarah songs
― kraudive, Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:12 (two years ago) link
OK Penlop came in
― kraudive, Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
I do wish there were more Sarah, but as a fan of their weirder stuff like 'Interlude,' 'Places to Visit,' and 'Surrey North,' I can dig it.
'Fonteyn' is the standout for me. It would fit nicely next to 'Heart Failed' or 'Shower Scene' in a live set. Just sayin'.
― KevRus, Saturday, 11 September 2021 00:47 (two years ago) link
Yes I am having a real Berenstain Bears moment here
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Saturday, 11 September 2021 02:16 (two years ago) link
Beautiful album. Even the pre-release songs sound good to me now.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 11 September 2021 02:31 (two years ago) link
very into this on first listen. probably the most excited I've been about them since belatedly hearing Sound of Water & Finisterre in the later 00s.
― the adventures of pavlo and schrödis (geoffreyess), Saturday, 11 September 2021 05:23 (two years ago) link
I think this is fabulous - it's like if Charles Webster tried to recreate One Dove's Morning Dove White.
― Tim F, Saturday, 11 September 2021 07:00 (two years ago) link
Gonna listen this weekend, have a fondness for the casino classics remix album from the early nineties, British electronic bigwigs from the time, all present...underworld, chemical bros, the aloof, Andrew Weatherall, aphex twin. St ettiene - Angel (broadcast mix)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gd3Kzu3L0Q
― Swanswans, Saturday, 11 September 2021 07:52 (two years ago) link
St Etienne - Who do you think you are : Aphex Twin mixhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwLbqbc3ZEc
― Swanswans, Saturday, 11 September 2021 07:56 (two years ago) link
The film is basically ‘46 minutes of shirtless youths vibing’ so the record cover is absolutely not out of step with the aesthetic of the overall project.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 11 September 2021 08:50 (two years ago) link
That sounds more dismissive than intended but if you know Alasdair McLellan’s photography, you’ll know what to expect from the film.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 11 September 2021 08:57 (two years ago) link
I was initially disappointed by the two songs that came out early, but hearing this all together in album form has completely changed my mind. This is a great album. Kind of glad there aren't many lyrics. Though I love Sarah's voice, I feel the lyrical content has been one of the things I haven't enjoyed on the recent albums. I have liked the recent stuff but they're not albums I want to put on when I get in the St Etienne mood. This one seems like it will fit my mood quite well this fall/winter.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 11 September 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
sounds like a bonus disc for a Saint Etienne album without the actual album
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Saturday, 11 September 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
Yeah that's how I found it on first listen also. I love lots of their drifty more ambient stuff but this seems too slight to me so far.
― nashwan, Saturday, 11 September 2021 15:50 (two years ago) link
Same
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 11 September 2021 17:17 (two years ago) link
I don't know: I found the lyrics on W&M pretty sharp.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 September 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
Loving this wholeheartedly on the third playthrough. So Tough was always my favorite and this evokes it in all the right ways.
― Psychocandy Apple Grey (Pyschocandles), Sunday, 12 September 2021 02:46 (two years ago) link
I’m happy to hear the So Tough box set is coming. So Tough and You Need A Mess of Help are the albums I want to hear most often. I wonder if anything will be included on the box set that isn’t on the 2cd reissue.
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 12 September 2021 03:48 (two years ago) link
Penlop is nice, but it was nicer when Manual remixed Dressed in Black for Blue Foundation in 2014
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Sunday, 12 September 2021 06:34 (two years ago) link