{"product_id":"saint-etienne-i-ve-been-trying-to-tell-you","title":"Saint Etienne - I’ve Been Trying To Tell You","description":"\u003cp\u003eLP \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHeavenly - HVNLP196R (2021) UK \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThirty years on from their groundbreaking debut \u003cstrong\u003eFoxbase Alpha\u003c\/strong\u003e, the much-loved London trio \u003cstrong\u003eSaint Etienne\u003c\/strong\u003e announce their 10th studio album \u003cstrong\u003eI’ve Been Trying To Tell You\u003c\/strong\u003e slated for release on September 10th via Heavenly Recordings. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album was made largely from samples and sounds drawn from the years 1997-2001, a period that was topped and tailed by Labour's election victory and the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. Was the optimism of that era a lost golden age, or was it a period of naïvety, delusion and folly? The collective folk memory of any period differs from the lived reality. \u003cstrong\u003eI’ve Been Trying To Tell You\u003c\/strong\u003e is an album about memory, how it works, how it tricks you and creates a dream-like state. It also taps into the way we think of our youth, a sense of place, and where we come from. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the first time, \u003cstrong\u003eSaint Etienne\u003c\/strong\u003e didn't record together in a studio. The album was completed remotely, in Hove (Pete Wiggs), Oxford (Sarah Cracknell) and Bradford (Bob Stanley), in collaboration with film and TV composer Gus Bousfield, who contributes to a number of tracks). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“To me it’s about optimism, and the late nineties” Bob explains “and how memory is an unreliable narrator. Pete and Gus have done a properly amazing production job. I think it sounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egorgeous.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah: “It's the first sample driven album we’ve made since So Tough and it’s been a really refreshing experience, such fun! It’s both dreamy and atmospheric, late summer sounds.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePete: “We've really pulled apart and dived deep into the samples; the concept and each of our interpretations of it have made this a very special sounding album, we hope you think so too.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4hau8CF-jzs\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" name=\"3b13f795-eafe-4854-bcad-a1f695f91c08\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saint Etienne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42033727733947,"sku":"","price":45.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0517\/0341\/4971\/products\/SaintEtienne-I_veBeenTryingToTellYou.jpg?v=1636513869","url":"https:\/\/bizarromarket.mom\/products\/saint-etienne-i-ve-been-trying-to-tell-you","provider":"Bizarro Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}