Saint Etienne indspillede engang et album i Tambourine Studio i Malmö City. Det kom der ikke noget godt ud af. Fik kun Etienne til at lyde som en cocktail-shaky version af tidlig Cardigans. Tænk, om Pete, Bobby og Sarah istedet tog til Berlin for at arbejde. Hvad ville den by ikke gøre af gode ting for trioens kølige popelectro?!
Må tilstå at jeg ikke rigtig har fået lyttet på deres nye album, men dengang var de noget særligt.
PS. Fik den amerikanske blaffer et lift hjem fra BEAT? 😉
Enig, den har klasse. Og ifølge Guardian har du helt ret:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/07/sainoet-etienne-10-of-the-best
7. Heart Failed (in the Back of a Taxi)
Saint Etienne had their biggest hit in July 2000 – as featured artists on Paul van Dyk’s club-trance banger Tell Me Why. Their fifth album, The Sound of Water, had been released only a few weeks before and its first single was a very different offering. Recorded in To Rococo Rot’s studio in Berlin, it sounds noir-y and coolly European, although its lyrics are starkly British. The song begins with a cynical comment on the Labour government, which had recently celebrated three years in charge (“took a trip down Granita Way/ Had to go on the first of May/ Didn’t have much to celebrate”). Then comes along a football club sold to a plc (“sod the fans and their families”), while a “picturehouse built in ’23” is “pulled … down for your cash money”. The video is a beautiful montage of airports, escalators and skyscrapers, featuring Cracknell behind the wheel of a silvery sports car. The mood is distant, removed and beautiful.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/07/sainoet-etienne-10-of-the-best
Mener albummet Sound of Water, den med fabelagtige Heart Failed (in the Back of a Taxi), blev indspillet i To Rococo Rots studie i Berlin?