Saint Etienne’s twelfth studio album, The Night, is a zen like album that could play in the background at the spa. Pop ambient that occasionally breaks through the smoky condensation like on “Nightingale” where Sarah Cracknell sings that “Love is leaving/leaving space to breathe”. “When We Were Young” is a wisp of a song that blows through like the wind over nature sounds that blends into the instrumental “No Rush”.
“Celestial” sounds like the warm glow of an orchestra on an old radio before “Preflyte” that includes the intriguing lyrics – “Closing of the day/Draw the curtains, stars coming out to play”. The music on The Night creates an ambient space, one that is meant to wash over the listener. Saint Etienne with producer Augustin Bousfield have crafted a set of music that the listener can float away on while dreaming of the clouds, sun, ocean, and sky.
6/10
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