Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts. It is thematic and specific and at the same time one of the most coherent efforts the trio has come up with so far Read Review.
Truly beautiful and moving ambient pop mini-triumph that's sad, nostalgic, and elegiac - with lovely vocals by Sarah Cracknell and brilliant production throughout Read Review. The Night is a meditative journey through sound, seamlessly blending moments of quiet introspection with richly textured ambiance. If you've ever swooned for the fading-light pastorals of Billie Ray Martin's 4 Ambient Tales, or the elliptical whispers of Stina Nordenstam, this album will feel very comfortable indeed.
Print edition only. By deconstructing their identity, Saint Etienne have created a coherent sequence of remarkable songs which sound like everything else they have done and nothing else, at the same time. It is a very impressive achievement. Read Review.
While it is unlikely to provide the viral moment that returns Saint Etienne to their rightful place in the charts or troubles new audiences, it will more than satisfy the committed and may, with the benefit of an even longer lens, be among their greatest achievements Read Review. Say hello to the insomniac street preachers Read Review. The Night is a liminal record in the real sense, a waystation between wakefulness and sleep Read Review.
Will it ever be one of my favourite Saint Etienne records? Probably not. Lyrics convey impressions and fragmentary thoughts to evoke a state between waking and sleeping Read Review. Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness. Maribou State Hallucinating Love. These 10 sun-kissed tracks are destined to become the soulful soundtrack of summer , and the deep sense of nostalgia they trigger will keep you coming back long after the heat fades Under The Radar.
