Saint Etienne "International" Charli XCX RSD and proved he could write

and proved he could write about real people with recognizable emotions as well as anyone in rock music

Speedy Ortiz

and Van’s inimitable voice

and violence against women

and my thoughts about what does and doesn’t get representation

Saint Etienne "International" Charli XCX RSD and proved he could writeAfter Saint Etienne's 35 year excursion through pop, International, is their final album length statement. A dreamlike drift with friends and collaborators, International features cameos from the higher echelons of pop 80s chart heroes, electro, acid house and all points in between from Vince Clarke to Nick Heyward, Confidence Man to Erol Alkan, Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Doves and Xenomania, through to the lesser known, but equally exhilarating