Home Counties
The long-running English indie-pop trio Saint Etienne have always had a healthy dollop of nostalgia—and with their ninth album, they\'ve crafted a sonic love letter to the UK suburbs where they grew up. Though the album centers around a longing to return to the simplicity of childhood (such as on the orchestral Northern Soul of \"Something New\"), there are plenty of lively and upbeat moments too, such as the deep disco of \"Dive\" and the New Wave bounce of \"Magpie Eyes.\"
The long-running English indie-pop trio Saint Etienne have always had a healthy dollop of nostalgia—and with their ninth album, they've crafted a sonic love letter to the UK suburbs where they grew up. Though the album centers around a longing to return to the simplicity of childhood (such as on the orchestral Northern Soul of "Something New"), there are plenty of lively and upbeat moments too, such as the deep disco of "Dive" and the New Wave bounce of "Magpie Eyes."
The unhurried new album from English indie pop trio Saint Etienne centers on a theme of geography. Across 19 tracks, the band offers a day-in-the-life snapshot of their native London commuter towns.
The members of Saint Etienne began work on their ninth album with a basic concept in mind of paying tribute to the suburbs of London where the trio spent their formative years.
Home Counties sees Saint Etienne revelling in the staid, pastoral surroundings of southern England.
Once upon a time, in the different land called 1990s Britain, there was a band called Saint Etienne. They dazzled their fans with their clever music and
Saint Etienne’s latest musical psychogeographic survey is of the UK’s southern counties, so what do this ever-cosmopolitan band make of the Brexit heartlands?