I’ve Been Trying To Tell You Directed by Alasdair McLellan We’re thrilled to share the trailer for the forthcoming film directed by Alasdair McLellan that accompanies our new album. “Last year I met with Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley in Saltaire, near Bradford, to talk about working together on a film for their new album. When we met, we found we shared so much in common – after all, Saint Etienne’s music has always conjured beautiful images for me and influenced my own visual style – the project became something bigger. The film ended up being a strange road trip around Britain: from Southampton to Portmeirion to Blackpool to Grangemouth to Scunthorpe to London. It is a film made up of other films; most are an interpretation of my memories from that time, some are borrowed from cinema, others are ‘memories’ of what I wish life would have been. But all of it was important – whether the memories are real or not.” Alasdair McLellan - July 2021 ’I’ve Been Trying To Tell You’ will premier at NFT1 on London’s
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