I've Been Trying to Tell You

by Saint Etienne

I've Been Trying to Tell You cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 September 2021
  • Label: Heavenly
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 40:11
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Constructed almost entirely from slowed-down, manipulated samples of pop songs released between 1997 and 2001, the veteran British trio crafted an incredibly specific homage to turn-of-the-century optimism. The record utilizes vaporwave and plunderphonics techniques to evoke a hazy, dreamlike nostalgia for the period right before the 9/11 attacks. It was released alongside an accompanying film directed by acclaimed photographer Alasdair McLellan.

Genres

Descriptors: sampling, atmospheric, repetitive, dreamy, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Music Again (5:45)
  2. Pond House (4:02)
  3. Fonteyn (4:50)
  4. Little K (5:45)
  5. Blue Kite (4:51)
  6. I Remember It Well (3:50)
  7. Penlop (5:30)
  8. Broad River (5:35)

Credits

  • Bob Stanley - band [saint etienne are], keyboards, other [milkbot, foxing], written-by
  • Sarah Cracknell - band [saint etienne are], vocals, other [escuela de espanol, ex-library], written-by
  • M/M (Paris) - sleeve
  • Laney Stewart - written-by
  • Sylvia Bennett-Smith - written-by
  • Gary Clark - written-by
  • Matthew Wilder - written-by
  • Natalie Imbruglia - written-by

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