Saint Etienne’s new album, ‘International’, is theirfinal album-length statement, after the group’s 35-year excursion through pop

A dreamlike drift with friends and collaborators,‘International’ features cameos from the higherechelons of pop - 1980s chart heroes, electro, acidhouse and all points in-between, from Vince Clarketo Nick Heyward, Confidence Man to Erol Alkan,Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Doves andXenomania, through to the lesser known, butequally exhilarating Bradfordians AugustinBousfield and Flash Cassette (an artist describedas “sitting somewhere between Funkadelic and aSega Mega Drive”).
 Saint Etienne are the 1990s band who never leftus, never imploded, and never adhered to clichédexcess. They are a testament to getting along,getting on with creating something new and, ofcourse, getting away with it.[info sheet from distr.]