The Night Saint Etienne's album slipped out a couple of weeks ago. They've always been a remarkable and thoughtful band. Never quite like anyone else given the particular and single vision of Bob Stanley, a Rock Journalist and author and film director with his own perspective on Pop Music and its glorious opportunities.. Also it's fair to say a genuine visionary in the tradition of Brian Wilson.
The Night is a spooky record which reflects athe steadily advancing age of the people who made it, and the tendency of looking at life in a slightly detached manner as you do as you come towards your sixties. There's no effort here to attract folk onto the dancefloor, a primary objective of earlier records, certainly the singles the band is best known for.
But it's nevertheless a record carefully crafted with the bands core listeners in mind. It has an awareness of the changes that take place within as our age advances . People with children of their own now, perhaps departing the nest. Older, calmer, wiser.
Perhaps it's a record best listened to before you turn in, . Sitting at your window with headphones on. Straining your eyes into the pitch darkness in the hope of spotting a fox or hedgehogs appearing suddenly out of darkness on the lawn. This is a treasurable band and it's wonderful to witness their inspired and inspirational transition.
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