He hasn't made a great album in a while, but the reviews for the new one sound encouraging. On the other hand, they all seem to follow a similar template through the years: "THE DEVIOUS MADMAN OF BRITPOP BOMBTHROWER IS HERE TO DETONATE ANOTHER BOMB ON THE INDUSTRY!" or some such, with some references to a twisted lyric or two.
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/348568-luke-haines-setting-the-dogs-on-the-post-punk-postman.php
In any case, I like the album cover and the name quite a bit. It's funny.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 8 April 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/500x/album/348568-setting-the-dogs-on-the-post-punk-postman.jpg
*giggle*
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 8 April 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
Ooh, thanks for the heads up! Despite being an American who missed some of his more obscure (to me, anyway) references, I used to be a huge Haines fan—dug the solo albums, shelled out for all the Auteurs LPs on vinyl. I lost interest with the wrestling LP, though; his m.o. seemed like diminishing returns, and while this usually don’t affect my opinion of an artist’s work, I came across his Twitter and he seemed dickish in a very petty way, rather than “amusing misanthrope” à la his book. I’ll probably give this a spin for nostalgia’s sake, though, as I pulled out Baader-Meinhoff recently and still loved.
― blatherskite, Thursday, 8 April 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link
Wow, looking at Discogs, I hadn’t realized how many albums I missed since 2011.
― blatherskite, Thursday, 8 April 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
Out of his post-11 releases, I suggest the Buck collaboration. Probably his best since the wrestling album.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 8 April 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link
Avoid:
Sometimes I Dream of Glue - weird in a bad way. It’s about horny figurines or some such nonsense; songs sound like they were written by a computer with Luke Haines AI
British Nuclear Bunkers - sounds like he bought his first keyboard and thought noodling was enough for his loyal fans
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 8 April 2021 21:07 (three years ago) link
New ones out.
His best melodies and songs in years.
Genuinely great release.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 30 April 2021 04:38 (three years ago) link
There is a song where he keeps saying he wants to bury his face between a woman's breasts and legs, numerous times. That one's not so good.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 30 April 2021 15:05 (three years ago) link
"I don't want to be buried in the garden / Unless it's the garden beneath your belly / in between your legs"
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 30 April 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
lol.
He sounds kind of happy on the album. I think that's why I like it.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 30 April 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-auteurs-luke-haines-r-e-m-s-peter-buck-prep-all-the-kids-are-super-bummed-out-stream-a-track/
― afriendlypioneer, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 10:42 (one year ago) link
New album is another vast step up. Makes so much difference when he's working with other (enthusiastic) musicians.
― PaulTMA, Friday, 28 October 2022 10:50 (one year ago) link
It is great. He’s clearly having fun and very inspired by the partnership.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 31 October 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
I’ve played it front to back several times and it’s LONG. This rules, quite honestly. Hope they keep at it.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 14:24 (one year ago) link
He’s gotten a bit of an MES affectation to his singing-uh.
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 14:25 (one year ago) link