Good Humor

by Saint Etienne

Overview

Good Humor has Saint Etienne back cooking up more delectable lolli-pop. From "Woodcabin," the dubby, bass-heavy opener, Good Humor is a typically arch Saint Etienne album full of easy-listening dream pop. Tracks like the shimmering "Lose That Girl" and the swirling "Erica America" show Saint Etienne at its melancholic best. There are, predictably, some near misses such as the Beatlesque "Mr. Donut," which is as sweet as a strawberry field but fails to deliver the melodic promises made by the smart atmospherics. "Goodnight Jack," with its pastel-shaded flute loops and subtle breakbeats, has a positively cooler-than-cool feel and a wrenching change of pace toward the middle of the song. Sure, Good Humor is clever, perhaps overly so, and yeah, it's full of the Et's contrived coyness and we-know-more-than-you attitude, but it's good stuff. Sometimes you just want to put on a disc, sit back, and let it carry you off to someplace else. If that's all you're looking for, Good Humor is sweet ear candy. ~ Matthew Hilburn

Product Details

Release Date:	02/24/2023
Label:	Heavenly
UPC:	5400863084462
Rank:	42216

Tracks

1. Wood Cabin
2. Sylvie
3. Split Screen
4. Mr. Donut
5. Goodnight Jack
6. Lose That Girl
7. The Bad Photographer
8. Been So Long
9. Postman
10. Erica America
11. Dutch TV

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Saint Etienne   Primary Artist
Tore Johansson   Bass,Harmonica,Klangspiel
Sarah Cracknell   Vocals,Cowbell
Jens Lindgard   Trombone
Rasmus Kihlberg   Drums
Jez Williams   Guitar
Gerard Johnson   Piano,Keyboards,Vibraphone
Sven Andersson   Saxophone
Petter Lidgard   Trumpet
Bob Stanley   Rap,Synthesizer
Pete Wiggs   Synthesizer
Jens Lindgren   Trombone
Mats Larsson   Piano
Debsey   Vocals,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Tore Johansson   Producer,String Arrangements
Sarah Cracknell   Composer
Paul Kelly   Photography
Ian Catt   Producer,Pre-Production
Vincenzo D'Acquisto   Composer
Gerard Johnson   Producer,Pre-Production
Hamish Brown   Photography
Michael Julien   Composer
Bob Stanley   Composer
Pete Wiggs   Tuning,Composer
Saverio Seracini   Composer
Martin Kelly   Composer
Ged Adamson   Composer
Lee Wilson-Wolfe   Composer