New Sounds: Saint Etienne reflect on carefree youth in the video for ‘Magpie Eyes’ – Vanyaland

As America remains busy anticipating the return of Saint Etienne to stateside stages this fall, the English trio have provided a warm look back in their new video for Magpie Eyes. The Tash Tung-directed clip, which you can watch below, shows a trio of youths depicting a fictionalized Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs as they spend their days free from cares.

The video was shot in Stevenage with its once fine Ladybird book New Town architecture that was a fleeting vision of suburban utopia, says Wiggs in a press release. The director Tash Tung came up with the idea of an imagined younger us spending a typical day hanging out in record shops and cafes capturing the ennui and bonhomie of those years when you have no idea how your life will pan out.

Adds Tung: It was so much fun to make a music video for Saint Etienne, a band who I grew up with and who have a long history of interesting promos. It was a great experience to work in a small team and also with a lot of creative freedom, using film photography and shooting docu portraits of kids from the local area in the town centre. My favorite very serendipitous moment was when I cast my friend Eve Mahoney to play the young version of Sarah, and I found out Eves uncle used to be the bands photographer, the amazing Joe Dilworth!

Magpie Eyes is the latest track off Saint Etiennes effervescent new record, Home Counties, which theyll show off later this year when they play ONCE Ballroom in Somerville on September 24. Watch the video below, and scan through all of the celebrated trios U.S. live dates.

Saint Etienne US Fall Tour September 24: Somerville, MA ONCE Ballroom September 25: New York, NY Bowery Ballroom September 26: Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg September 27: Washington, DC U Street Music Hall September 29: Chicago, IL Park West October 2: Seattle, WA Neptune October 4: San Francisco, CA The Fillmore October 5: Pomona, CA Glass House October 6: Los Angeles, CA The Fonda Theatre

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New Sounds: Saint Etienne reflect on carefree youth in the video for 'Magpie Eyes' - Vanyaland