{"product_id":"st-etienne-the-night-new-lp","title":"St Etienne - \"The Night\" - New Coloured LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: New Coloured LP Label: Heavenly Recordings Cat. No. \u003cspan\u003eHVNLP233Y\u003c\/span\u003e Barcode: 5400863183943 Released: 02\/05\/2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaint Etienne take us gently by the hand, to sink deep down through the layers of the after-hours and pull tired minds back from the brink of despair. With\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eall anxieties abate, the wickedness of a quickening mind is slowed to a soft-focus smear, and everything takes on a lofty and agreeable appeal of utter tranquillity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebelongs to a long tradition that begins in the pre-times with one man finding solace in the sound of the wind in the grass or water running over rock, then strolls on through centuries of softening sounds, passing through collage and the music of the new age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt takes in contemporary somnambulist masterpieces such as Virginia Astley’s\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFrom Gardens Where We Feel Secure\u003c\/i\u003e, the KLF’s\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eChill Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Talk Talk’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpirit of Eden\u003c\/i\u003e. Its architecture is ambient, its lighting low, its surfaces gleaming with infinite possibility. All nocturnal life is to be found here, but though in the basement of the night the dimensions are different. Words take on new meaning, shadows lean ever longer and a lone fox pauses beneath a solitary streetlight on a nameless street, something snatched and held between its beautiful, bladed teeth. Out here anything is possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHectic times breed hectic minds but here there is no such thing as a lonely hour, just the many laminated layers of The Night and all the soothing secrets that lie within.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo easy does it. Slip on in. And breathe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heavenly Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55350302474620,"sku":"5400863183943","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/9763\/5678\/files\/8c1dcd8b-09be-4e4b-99a4-ed1da33b46d1.webp?v=1747913786","url":"https:\/\/offthebeatentracks.co.uk\/products\/st-etienne-the-night-new-lp","provider":"Off The Beaten Tracks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}