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| From | Sam Smith <samsmith@colorado.edu> |
| Subject | Re: New Saint Etienne Fun Fact |
| Date | Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:47:52 -0400 |
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Mark Eichelberger wrote:
>Michael:
>I know you were trumpeting the Rivers' contibutions to the new Saint Etienne album, but your email piqued my interest in that group. It seems that every MOJO, Q or Uncut contains a reference to them, so I imagine they are well known in the U.K., but I confess that I have never heard anything by them. From those British-mag references, I gather they are somewhat dance-oriented.
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>How would you describe them? Other than the new one, is there any release you would recommend?
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Not that you asked me, but being a big St. Etienne fan, I'd say start
with GOOD HUMOR, although there are other good choices as well. St. E is
sort of a hybrid of trip-hop and pure pop, with their best moments
coming off like a cross between Portishead and Burt Bacharach. Up the
same alley as Mono, some Hooverphonic, maybe Frou Frou?
Of course, their cover of Neil Young's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
from FOXBASE ALPHA is one of the coolest covers I ever heard....
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