Sep 11: International Signing, Q&A and Disco – Monorail, Glasgow

September 11, 2025

To celebrate the release of ‘International’ on September 5th we’ll be stopping by a few of our favourite UK independent records shops to sign copies of the new LP.

This event at Monorail in Glasgow will be accompanied by a Q&A session hosted by Stephen Pastel, followed by a Saint Etienne DJ set.

Tickets are available here

International Album Signing and Q&A

Sep 10: International Signing – Piccadilly Records, Manchester

September 10, 2025

To celebrate the release of ‘International’ on September 5th we’ll be stopping by a few of our favourite UK independent records shops to sign copies of the new LP.

This event at Piccadilly Records in Manchaester will be a signing session only.

Tickets are available here

International Album Signing and Q&A

Sep 9: International Signing and Q&A – Rough Trade, Nottingham

September 9, 2025

To celebrate the release of ‘International’ on September 5th we’ll be stopping by a few of our favourite UK independent records shops to sign copies of the new LP.

This event at Rough Trade in Nottingham will be accompanied by a Q&A session hosted by Anna Doble.

Tickets are available here

International Album Signing and Q&A

Sep 8: International Signing and Q&A – Rough Trade East, London

September 8, 2025

To celebrate the release of ‘International’ on September 5th we’ll be stopping by a few of our favourite UK independent records shops to sign copies of the new LP.

This event at Rough Trade East in London will be accompanied by a Q&A session hosted by Pete Paphides.

Tickets are available here

International Album Signing and Q&A

Sep 7: International Signing and Q&A – Resident Records, Brighton

September 7, 2025

To celebrate the release of ‘International’ on September 5th we’ll be stopping by a few of our favourite UK independent records shops to sign copies of the new LP.

This event at Resident Records will be accompanied by a Q&A session hosted by Alexis Petridis.

Tickets are available here

International Album Signing and Q&A

International

July 28, 2025

Our new album, International, will be released on 5th September 2025.

A dreamlike drift with friends and collaborators, International features cameos from the higher echelons of pop – 80s chart heroes, electro, acid house and all points in-between, from Vince Clarke to Nick Heyward, Confidence Man to Erol Alkan, Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Doves and Xenomania’s Tim Powell, through to the lesser known, but equally exhilarating Bradfordians Augustin Bousfield and Flash Cassette.

We can’t wait for you to hear the album and hope you’ve been enjoying the first single from it ‘Glad’, co-written with our friend Tom Rowlands of the Chemical Brothers. A second single from the LP – ’Take Me To The Pilot’ – is due to land on streaming platforms during the first week of August.

International is available to pre-order and pre-save now – click here.

We’re offering various formats including black vinyl, a limited orange vinyl (as well as an ‘Italia 90’ vinyl exclusive to Rough Trade), There’s a special two disc CD featuring remixes by The Grid, Steve Mason and others, plus a super-limited cassette, signed posters, and bundles of all of these things too.

Blue Christmas

November 12, 2022

Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without a little Saint Etienne and this year we have some special treats lined up for you.

As we were busy with ‘I’ve Been Trying To Tell You’ this time last year we decided not to issue a fanclub release, so to make up for it we have two for you this year plus another special that’ll be offered via our official ‘music shop’.

First is ‘The Character Of Saint Etienne’ a fanclub only vinyl album that gathers together 12 hot dishes and cold cuts from the relatively recent Saint Etienne era. Some of the recordings included here were one-off projects whilst others are gems that we ruthlessly tossed aside for reasons no one can quite remember. Limited to just 1,100 copies worldwide ‘The Character Of Saint Etienne’ is available in a transparent deep blue vinyl that perfectly matches its Mini Disc sleeve, but for purists like us there’s also a super limited black vinyl edition. Sorry, no CD version but all copies are supplied with a digital download card and every pre-order made from our merchandise shop here comes with an exclusive Chrimbo card personally signed by the three of us.

Next up is a vinyl edition of ‘Fairfax High’ the companion piece to 1998’s ‘Good Humor’ – on “wax” for the very first time. Many of you have been requesting this one so we’ve gone back to the original Sub Pop master tapes and replicated the 11 song bonus disc that came with initial CD copies of ‘Good Humor’ in North America. Once again Paul Kelly has done us proud with the artwork and the record is available in a blue, white and clear splatter vinyl plus a super limited black vinyl format.

These two are limited to just 1,100 copies each (750 coloured vinyl and 350 black vinyl) and only available to via our official ‘merchandise shop’ here from 6pm GMT on Thursday 17th November.

These are certain to sell out fast so please don’t delay in placing your orders. Each pre-order comes with a signed Christmas card and shipping commences from December 1st so we’re confident everyone will receive their records in time for Christmas. We are also offering bundles of both coloured vinyl or both black vinyl which offer a small saving.

As if all this wasn’t enough we felt that the splatter vinyl edition of ‘Fairfax High’ might get lonely so we’re issuing a matching splatter vinyl edition of ‘Good Humor’ as a companion piece, just in time for the album’s 25th anniversary. This features the original LP artwork and inner sleeve with a transparent green, dark green and white splatter vinyl. Pre-orders for this also commence on Thursday 17th November but two hours earlier at 4pm GMT from our other official ‘music shop’ here. Unfortunately these won’t ship until February 2023 but as a special bonus for everyone who pre-orders before December 13th we will include a free 10 track live CD in a specially designed card wallet entitled ‘Saint Etienne / Los Angeles ’99’. Ten songs recorded on the North American tour for ‘Good Humor’. Fun times indeed!

Thanks for taking the time to read this – turkeys may be in short supply, but we’re sure you’ll be pleased with this year’s Christmas offerings.

Lots of love,

Bob, Pete and Sarah xxx
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