“When last we heard from Saint Etienne, on last year's near-miss *Places to Visit* EP, they were doing their best Oedipa Maas impersonation. There they were, locked in some motel room with Jim O'Rourke, likely wrapped in untold layers of protective clothing, and engaged in elaborate tricks to avoid actually giving anything up. That release, while occasionally enjoyable, was hobbled by its unwilling”
