Saint Etienne are back with another track from ‘I’ve Been Trying To Tell You’.
Penlop, out now digitally, follows previous releases Pond House and Music Again from the sample-led project, out September 10.
The new track borrows from the Lightning Seeds track Joy, the second single from their 1990 debut album ‘Cloudcuckooland’.
Previous releases sampled Natalie IMbruglia’s Beauty on the Fire and Honeyz’s Love of a Lifetime.
Speaking about the creative decision, Bob Stanley assures: “They’re all by people you’d have heard on daytime Radio 1 or 2 at the time, not Boards of Canada or anything.”
He adds: “To me it’s about optimism, and the nineties, and how memory is an unreliable narrator. Pete and Gus have done a properly amazing production job. I think it sounds gorgeous.”
“It’s the first sample driven album we’ve made since ‘So Tough’ and it’s been a really refreshing experience, such fun,” adds Sarah Cracknell.
“It’s both dreamy and atmospheric, late summer sounds.”
Alongside the album, Saint Etienne will also release a film, helmed by photographer Alasdair McLellan, set to premiere at NFT1 on London’s Southbank on September 3.
The premiere will be accompanied by a whole weekend of ‘The Films Of Saint Etienne’.
‘I’ve Been Trying To Tell You’ is available to pre-order on CD, vinyl and cassette now.
