“Once you’ve been away from your hometown for some time, it takes quite a long time I think, you start to look back on it quite fondly,” Cracknell tells me on the phone from the band’s practice space.

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 ...

Saint Etienne graced Rough Trade for a Q&A about their final album, International - a release which marks the last chapter in ...

British indie-pop trio Saint Etienne have announced a new album, International, which they are describing as their final album, and shared its lead single, “Glad.” “Glad” features Jez Williams of ...

[July 2018 update: Kate Bush turns 60 years old on July 30, and on July 14, a flash mob of about 150 Bush fans in Sheffield, England recreated the singer's "Wuthering Heights" video with their own ...

British indie trio Saint Etienne have announced their 12th album, The Night. Following 2021’s I’ve Been Trying To Tell You, The Night is produced by Gus Bousfield and will be out December 13. Today, ...

Welcome to the 31st Songs of the Week of 2025. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, and Dom Gourlay helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 40 songs and narrowed it down to a ...

There are not many bands that have been around for 30 years whose new album is A) unlike anything they’ve ever done before but B) still sounds like themselves, and C) is also one of the best of their ...

Now that its members are approaching 60, Etienne is calling it a day. Their 13 th album, International, interprets the ritual of early retirement sendoff as a boisterous dance party with plenty of ...

The band plans to follow the release of 'International' with a farewell tour highlighting its greatest hits. In the meantime, they are beginning to think about what life after Saint Etienne could look ...