release date - Saint Etienne

London indie label wiaiwya is extraordinarily thrilled to be putting out the new single from POP heroes Saint Etienne.



You know this already, but Saint Etienne formed in 1990. Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs had previously written Caff, the fanzine that was also a record label (they released 17 singles between 1989 and 1992, including releases by Pulp, Manic Street Preachers, Galaxie 500 and the Orchids)
The first Saint Etienne album, Foxbase Alpha, was released in 1991 – for me it was a dance record for an indie fan, for my friends it was an indie record for dance fans, and it was one of very few records we agreed on. Pete and Bob also released two Cola Boy singles.

In 1993 they collaborated with Kylie, and released ‘So Tough’ (I shoplifted it on tape from WHSmiths, but that didn’t stop it reaching No. 7 in the UK albums chart). 1994’s ‘Tiger Bay’ reached No. 8, and two years later they released a compilation album, ‘Too Young to Die’, which came with a companion disc of amazing remixes.

20 years ago, ‘Good Humor’ came out on Creation Records (and Sub Pop in the US) – they have just finished an anniversary tour.

They’ve made five more albums to date, and in 2005 they made a film, ‘What Have You Done Today, Mervyn Day?’ documenting the Lea Valley before it was transformed into the 2012 Olympic site. In 2007 they were artists-in-residence at the newly refurbished Royal Festival Hall in London.

Sarah has also released a couple of solo albums, Bob has written a few books, and Pete has recorded a few soundtracks

And now they’ve done a single for wiaiwya!

i love Saint Etienne

I was already a Faith Over Reason and Field Mice fan (thanks, I think, to Mike Jones and Andy Dean) when I heard Saint Etienne's versions of 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' and 'Kiss and Make Up'... it would have been in the Bear in Maidenhead, or maybe Skindles





Fox Base Alpha would have been played on the record counter when I worked university holidays in Boots, and I'm pretty sure I shoplifted the second album, on tape, from WHSmiths - it was in the sale section, so the tape was in the box, rather than behind the counter

then there was that Glastonbury in 1994 that Cath and Dave I went to - the one where the Manics said they should build a motorway through it:


there is just hit single after solid gold hit single, Hug My Soul, Pale Movie, Sylvie and the Bad Photographer!



ans then, more recently (I've got the Monkees Head soundtrack... ON TAPE!)


I think what i'm trying to say is - Saint Etienne singles are always amazing, and here's another one!

https://wiaiwya.bandcamp.com/

just five set of wiaiwya-7777777 2018 left

so get them while you can:

the last two releases of wiaiwya-7777777

the time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things...

mostly, who are the 48th and 49th bands to release 7"es on the wiaiwya-7777777 singles club

well, the wait is over:

on 7th November there will be a new 7" from Saint Etienne - 'Camel Coat' and 'Little Chef'

and on 7th December there will be a split 7" from the Wedding Present and Cinerama - 'White Riot' and 'The Name Of The Game'

subscribers will of course get their copies in the mail as usual (in an all new tote) - but if you haven't subscribed this year, 250 (hand numbered, transparent vinyl) copies will be available to pre-order from 6pm (UK time) on 27th September from the usual bandcamp page:

wiaiwya.bandcamp.com

here's a handy countdown timer for you: