Read All About It
Thanks to Fergal Kinney for a touching piece in today's Guardian.
(bobpeteandsarah, saintetienne, theguardian)
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May 31-??, 2025 No Postings as of yet |
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May 30, 2025 Read All About It Thanks to Fergal Kinney for a touching piece in today's Guardian. (bobpeteandsarah, saintetienne, theguardian) |
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May 29, 2025 (5 Photos) International Our forthcoming LP 'International' will be released on Friday 5th September but is available to pre-order now via the link in our bio. We’re offering various formats including 'black', 'orange' and 'Italia 90' vinyl, signed posters, CDs, a cassette and bundles of all of these things too. There's a version for everyone and we advise taking a moment to look at our own online store, Rough Trade, Heavenly Recordings, Monorail and the other indies shops before making your choice. We can't wait for you to hear the album and hope you've been enjoying the first single from it 'Glad'. (saintetienne, international, pre-order, today) |
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May 29, 2025 1994 Sarah Cracknell wearing the Ireland strip during the 1994 World Cup. Photograph by Mary Scanlon (sarahcracknell, saintetienne, bobpeteandsarah, 1994worldcup) |
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May 28, 2025 (6 Photos) Only Love Can Break Your Heart Today marks exactly 35 years since the release of our first single on 28th May 1990. "When the elements of 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' came together it genuinely felt like some kind of magic had taken place, it had been a dream to make a record and this sounded like one" Pete Wiggs - May 2025 "It's so long ago it feels like the days before electricity. I can still remember clear as day working in Ian Catt's bedroom studio after six - after six! We hardly ever did that again! - with Harvey Williams playing that ground-shaking bassline and Ian splicing the quarter inch tape." Bob Stanley - May 2025 (onlylovecanbreakyourheart, saintetienne, bobpeteandmoira, moiralambert, bobstanley, petewiggs, harveywilliams, peteastor, neilyoung, heavenlyrecordings) |
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May 27, 2025 International So, with the first play of 'Glad' on BBC 6 Music last Friday came the news that our forthcoming LP 'International' is to be our last. We've been overwhelmed by all your messages and the amazing tributes that people have been posting online. We're not splitting up, we simply feel that now is the right moment to draw a line under new recordings. Judging by the response to 'Glad' we're certain you're going to enjoy the LP as much as we did making it. It's released on September 5th and available to pre-order from this coming Thursday. More on that below...but first... "It wasn't a light decision to make 'International' our last album, but it felt right and made being together and making tracks with some of our heroes very special." Pete "Hopefully we've made life a bit better for anyone who was listening. I like it when groups or singers stop recording because they feel like they've done all they wanted to do and said all they wanted to say. We think it's time to say goodbye, and we wanted to do so on our own terms." Bob "I think we're all feeling a little melancholy about 'International' being our last album, ourselves included. But please don't be sad because there's so much more fun to be had in the next year or so, classic Etienne pop and probably some live shows too. Can't wait!" Sarah Stay posted for news on where to pre-order 'International'. Your favourite independent shop will definitely be stocking it but be sure to look out for a few exclusive offers at our own 'Music Shop' at saintetienne.com plus Rough Trade and the Heavenly Recordings Bandcamp store. We really can't wait to share this one with you. Lots of love Bob, Pete and Sarah xxx (saintetienne, international, bobpeteandsarah, heavenlyrecordings, hvnlp240) |
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May 24-26, 2025 No Postings |
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May 23, 2025 Glad all over Our new single 'Glad' is out today and available to stream everywhere. News has also broken of our forthcoming album 'International' which is set for release on September 5th but will be available to pre-order from this coming Thursday 29th May. We'll be bringing you more news on that over the next few days, but in the mean time please enjoy this extract from our 'Glad' video directed by Scrub. You can watch the full video by following the link in our bio and for those of you who love CDs there is still a couple of hours to pre-order our four track Glad EP - link also in bio - but please be quick as when that closes it'll be gone forever. (glad, saintetienne, tomrowlands, rowlands_audio_research, bobpeteandsarah, scrub, im.scrub) |
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May 23, 2025 On My Radio Just a reminder to tune into the Lauren Laverne show on BBC 6 Music this morning between 11am and noon when she will be premiering our brand new single 'Glad'. The song was co-written and co-produced with Tom Rowlands and we'd love to know what you think of it. It'll be available to stream later today plus you'll find a video on Youtube from noon onwards. In the coming days we'll be bringing you news of our new album which will be available to pre-order from next Thursday 29th of May. And don't forget you've still got a few hours to pre-order our 'Glad' CD EP from the link in our bio. (glad, saintetienne, bobpeteandsarah, tomrowlands, rowlands_audio_research, thechemicalbrothers, davidwrechmmusic, heavenlyrecordings) |
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May 22, 2025 (2 Photos) Teenage Daydream Wonderful news has just arrived at Etienne Towers. Our not-so-secret fourth member Debsey Wykes has written a book and we can't wait to get our hands on a copy. It's not out until the 25th September but is available to pre-order now via the link in our bio. Long before duetting with Sarah on 'Who Do You Think You Are' Debsey was a singer, bassist and founding member of trailblazing all-girl post punk band, Dolly Mixture, alongside her school friends, Rachel Bor and Hester Smith. 'Teenage Daydream' tells a story of how this close-knit trio of skint girls took their bedroom dreams and fuelled by punk's DIY energy, imagination and a deep longing, created a world with real magic. Debsey traces her diverse, sometimes feverish, passions - for Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Bay City Rollers, Stevie Nicks, the Shangri-las, Patti Smith, Blondie, The Ramones - as she moves from posters on her bedroom wall to the real world live gig scene and then being part of the line-up, with her best mates. For a brief moment - signing with Paul Weller's record label and following the success of 'Happy Talk', their Number One collaboration with Captain Sensible - success seemed theirs for the taking. In Debsey's own words: "The idea of writing about my life in Dolly Mixture was only slightly less terrifying than the idea of someone else writing about it. Having announced to my friends, family and bandmates that I was going ahead there was no backing out" Teenage Daydream is a bittersweet coming of age story of youthful enterprise and a determination to create your own rules and identity - as musicians and as young women. Not to be missed. (debseywykes, dollymixture, dollymixtureofficial, teenagedaydream, newmodernbooks) |
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May 21, 2025 (3 Photos) GLAD!!! We're excited to bring you news of our new single, 'Glad', and a CD EP of four brand new songs - available to pre-order now via the link in our bio. 'Glad' was co-written and co-produced with Tom Rowlands of the Chemical Brothers and will be premiered on Lauren Laverne's BBC 6 Music show this coming Friday 23rd May. It's the first time the song will be played anywhere, and Lauren will be dishing out all the news on our forthcoming album - its release date, plus (rather exciting) guest stars and collaborations. In similar fashion to our recent 'Alone Together' CD we're offering a 4 track CD EP for 'Glad'. The three exclusive B-sides won't be available in shops or on streaming platforms and the full track listing is: 1. Glad 2. Theme From Shapiro 3. Missing Pieces 4. Fire As with 'Alone Together' the 'Glad' CD EP is housed in a gatefold card wallet and we will press these to order. Our pre-order window is open now via the link in our bio and will stay open until Friday afternoon. We will then set the presses rolling and all orders will ship globally 4-5 weeks later. Don't miss out! There's a ton of news coming this Friday so be sure to stay tuned! love Sarah, Bob and Pete xxx (saintetienne, bobpetesarah, newlongplayer, newsonfriday, tomrowlands, laurenlaverne, 6music, bbc6music) |
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May 19-20, 2025 No Postings |
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May 18, 2025 1995 Photograph by Jamie Fry (bobpeteandsarah, saintetienne, bobstanley, petewiggs, sarahcracknell) |
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May 17, 2025 (4 Photos) Strike!!! "These pictures were taken by our good friend Rachell Cassells when we were recording Sound Of Water in Berlin during 1999. After a hard day in the studio we often ended up honing our bowling skills and much laughter was had in the process. I think secretly we just liked the shoes" Sarah Cracknell - May 2025 (berlin, soundofwater, bobpeteandsarah, saintetienne, bowling) |
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May 16, 2025 No Postings |
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May 15, 2025 Happy birthday Pete!! Please join us in wishing Pete Wiggs a very happy birthday. Photo by Jamie Fry (petewiggs, birthdayboy, saintetienne, bobpeteandsarah) |
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