One For The Weekend: Saint Etienne

Clocking in at just under 2 minutes, "Half Light" is the first taste of Saint Etienne's forthcoming album The Night due December 13th.

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Half Light offers a first chance to hear anything from the forthcoming Saint Etienne album "The Night" which is due for release on December 13th.

Pete Wiggs from the band says: "Half Light is about the edge of night, the last rays of the sun flickering through the branches of trees, communing with nature and seeing things that might not be there."

Starting Nov. 20th, you can pre-order The Night album from Saint Etienne's site right here. Every order placed via this shop will receive a free copy of an exclusive 6-Track bonus CD “Deep Into The Night”. 

Have a listen to "Half Light" below. 

Saint Etienne – The Night 

Side One 

1. Settle In 

2. Half Light 

3. Through The Glass 

4. Nightingale 

5. Northern Counties East 

6. Ellar Carr 

7. When You Were Young 

Side Two

1. No Rush

2. Gold

3. Celestial 

4. Preflyte 

5. Wonderlight 

6. Hear My Heart

7. Alone Together 

Saint Etienne's The Night features 14 new tracks recorded in Saltaire and Hove between January and August 2024 with co-producer Augustin Bousfield, “The Night” saw Bob, Pete and Sarah together in the studio for the first time since 2019. 

Says Pete Wiggs: “It was great to all be in the same studio together again and we realised that it had been several years since we’d actually done that, sprawling out on the carpet, mugs of coffee in hand, sheets of lyrics and half ideas for titles lying around us.” 

Adds Bob Stanley, “I think The Night sounds really three-dimensional. A lot of that is down to Gus Bousfield who played the guitars and did a wonderful production job recording much of it in his studio, with so much light and space, has helped to shape it too. The three of us brought in our own songs, but lyrically we were all in tune with each other without having to swap notes first. We wanted "The Night" to be a calming album, warm and serene, but at the same time we wanted to create something gorgeous and dense.” 

Chimes in Sarah Cracknell, "“It was so good to be back in the studio together after recording the last album remotely. One of my favourite songs on the record is Preflyte, it made me cry when I sang it for the first time.”