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“We never became so famous that we hated each other or fell out”: Saint Etienne on longevity, studio technology and recording their final album, International

The alt-pop icons delve into the making of their final record and explain why now is the moment to call time on their career after 35 years of music making

MusicRadar · Aug 1, 2025

“Nobody ever asks Pet Shop Boys if they can play the piano”: Pop masterminds Saint Etienne have great news for anyone who can’t play an instrument

About to release their last album, the band reminisce on their 13-album career and why not being able to play is actually “an asset"

MusicRadar · May 31, 2025

‘We want to stop in our prime’: Saint Etienne on their final album, turning down Cher’s Believe, and why pop is a dying art

The Britpop-defying indie trio are calling it a day after 35 years. From having their minds blown by techno to fireworks night with Aphex Twin, they recall the highs – and explain their eternal ‘psychic’ bond

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2025

Let’s Do It by Bob Stanley review – a voyage through pop’s origins

Prewar stars and genres come to life in a joyous account that draws uncanny parallels with the present

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2022

They got rhythm: the interwar British dance bands who pointed towards pop

Music stars of the 1920s and 1930s, including Spike Hughes and Reginald Foresythe, transformed American jazz to suit British tastes, explains Bob Stanley in an extract from his book charting the birth of pop

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2022