Saint Etienne - please, 1999

"It’s early Sunday afternoon, and very, very, much the day after the night before. Given the state of our heads (someone has performed open surgery and replaced our brains with cotton wool while we slept, it seems), it’s pretty appropriate that we’re headed off to the Hangover Lounge at London’s Lexington for the afternoon, who are hosting the listening party for St Etienne’s glorious new album, ‘Words and Music by St Etienne’. Painkillers are downed, rehydration is attempted, and before the main event we have the small matter of a date with one third of the band, the inimitable Pete Wiggs."