Saint Etienne: London's musical laureates

From council estates to mansions, Saint Etienne are perhaps the only band to capture the teeming variety of the capitalThe last few years have produced a clutch of brilliant London records, from Lily Allen's carefree skips and the Bug's apocalyptic beats, to Burial's underground explorations. But they are wards of a greater sonic metropolis, along with Waterloo Sunset, Up the Junction, Inner City Life and many others. There is one band, however, that offers a fuller representation of aural Londo...

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