Issue 126 PDF

Ahead of their final studio album coming out in September, we're saying a fond farewell to SAINT ETIENNE with this month's Electronic Sound cover story.

It's incredible to think that it's 35 years since Saint Etienne released their groovy version of Neil Young's 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' as their debut single. Their forthcoming album, the wonderfully upbeat 'International', will be their 14th studio set but also their last – as Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs explain in our extensive and hugely entertaining interview. It will conclude a recording career that's been both tirelessly eclectic and deeply indebted to their love of classic pop music. And with the list of guests on the new album including Vince Clarke and Nick Heyward, as well as radio and television hosts Katie Puckrik and Colin Murray, it's a splendid way for the trio to bow out.  

Keep turning the pages and you'll soon discover lots of other great reads in addition to our lead feature. COSEY FANNI TUTTI, ULTRAMARINE and PETER BAUMANN discuss their latest releases, while MATT JOHNSON remembers the making of The The's 'This Is The Day' and MAX COOPER unveils his influences. We also celebrate the EDITIONS MEGO label and "dirty ambient" pioneers O YUKI CONJUGATE, with DEMISE OF LOVE, AM BOYS, HOLOGRAM TEEN and plenty more elsewhere in the mix.