Saint Etienne - Foxbase AlphaFoxbase Alpha is the 1991 debut album by Saint Etienne and it is a wonderful mix of both modern and retro influences with house music, ambient, samples and 60s pop coexisting easily for a unique sound not found anywhere else at the time. It is best known for their popular cover of Neil Young's Only Love Can Break Your Heart. Foxbase Alpha had such an impact upon its release that it was nominated for the Mercury Prize eventually losing to Primal

occasionally reminiscent of Tangerine Dream's work from the period

head-rattling beat of ‰Û÷The Conspiracy‰۪ he rejects the complacence of unquestioned belief systems

" MTV // “Four Stars

somber chamber-folk

They point their pens and focus their lens where they will and surprise us to our soul

Casey promising to wait for her on the other side

by route of unusual sounds ranging from a ticking clock-type melody to what may be a jumbo jet

such as "Sing a Simple Song"

and fragmented collage feel

As the band began metaphorically reaching out to the "ones that got away" from past sessions

These recordings represent the breadth of Buckley's influences and talent for interpretation

the long journeys-including an ill-fated East Coast tour that required them to drive from LA to Florida in three days