Saint Etienne - 'I’ve Been Trying To Tell You'

I love Saint Etienne and have done so since the early 90’s. Even during my metamorphose over the last two decades back into a fully-fledged metalhead I have taken their bright and breezy indie disco with me. But this record is nothing short of a travesty. It is understated, lilting and lacks anything you would recognise as euphoric pop. Their wonderfully catchy hooks are conspicuous by their absence, and it does not have a still song with the aptitude to fill a dance floor at an indie disco. Miserable, maudlin and just really really dull. By far their weakest record by a country mile.