1. The Auteurs New Wave

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Interwrite workspace download. Gathering tracks from his work in the Auteurs and Baader Meinhof as well as his solo career, this compilation is a fine encapsulation of his misanthropic world-- it's flawed, ugly, and doesn't work quite right.

It's interesting to look at photographs of Luke Haines from early in his career and compare them to his current psychotic-cricketer phase. In the early 1990s he had flowing blond locks, was mercifully shorn of all facial hair, and could even be described as 'cherubic' at a push. But there was still a pitiless look in his eyes in press shots. This wasn't Haines preparing for a life in the music industry; it was Haines preparing for a life-long bout of antagonizing everyone and everything around him. After a few false starts, he formed the Auteurs and got lifted up in the afterglow of the then-ascendant Suede, whom his band supported on tour, helping blast open the doors for a distinctly English strain of songwriting after years of grunge-soaked fervor.

Naturally, Haines has little time for Suede, or the ensuing Britpop scene, or indeed anything else that has had the misfortune to come into contact with him over the years. Thankfully, he's become an expert and, at times, very funny documenter of his own life. His first of two books, Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall, was a deliciously brutal ode to hatred, cynicism, and bitterness, all powered by Haines' unshakable belief in his own talent. In 2005 a compilation titled Luke Haines Is Dead was released, gathering a mixture of singles, outtakes, and rarities from his career. Outsider/In is a more focused collection, packaged in a cover so hideous that it looks like Haines' jaw is slowly drooping into his chest.

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It's hard not to see that photograph as a deliberate aesthetic choice, although it's possible that Haines had little to do with the packaging of this compilation. Nick Cave went through a deliberate process of musical and personal uglification when he formed Grinderman, causing him to revel in a level of repugnancy that felt like a huge creative shot in the arm for him. Haines, 10 years Cave's junior, had already been down there a long time at that point. In the mid 90s he thought it would be a good idea to release a couple of singles (both included here) from the Auteurs' third album, the Steve Albini-produced After Murder Park. He chose 'Light Aircraft on Fire', about people burning to death at 10,000 feet; and 'Unsolved Child Murder', the title of which must have really thrilled the radio pluggers at the Auteurs' major record label. It's tempting to say 'we need more like him,' but we don't. Haines' work resonates precisely because of his lack of peers, gaining strength from having no one willing or able to descend to his depths

The first disc from this this 2xCD set leans heavily on the Auteurs' 1993 debut New Wave, in which he was pedaling less sinister wares. Here, Haines is as fame-obsessed as a number of his reluctant Britpop counterparts, albeit with odd diversions into the hatred that would come to shape him on tracks like 'Valet Parking' and 'Home Again'. Try counting the amount of times the word 'star' appears in the lyrics on New Wave, and you'll quickly lose count. It would be easy to paint Haines as someone who collapsed into bitterness as his audience diminished and he tired of the industry mechanisms he bemoans in Bad Vibes. But Haines is a more complex character than that. His chops as a songwriter sharpened in direct inverse to his work as a musician, with throwaway songs chained to impressively catchy melodies ('Show Girl', 'Lenny Valentino') giving way to intelligent lyrics tied to less inspired backings ('The Spook Manifesto', 'England vs America').

What binds this wayward collection, with its diversions into the unlikely u-ziq remix project and tracks pulled from Haines' concept album about the notorious urban guerilla group Baader Meinhof, is his authoritative vocal work. Often it sounds like he's deliberately straining, adding an extra dose of misanthropy to proceedings. At other times he's up in his higher registry, then moving close to a whisper, buttering us up with a deceptive sweetness until you remember he's singing about killing a modern artist ('Death of Sarah Lucas'). When tracks are stripped out like this it can feel like Haines' is striving to make a Big Statement every time he steps in front of a microphone, and while there is a kernel of truth in that, it's largely a flaw in listening to his music this way, especially when his last brush with populism (in the group Black Box Recorder) is nowhere to be found on Outsider/In. Instead, we get something that's flawed, ugly, and doesn't work quite right-- all essential components in Haines' askew take on the world.

New Wave is the 1993 debut album by British alternative rock band The Auteurs. In 2014, British independent record label 3 Loop Music re-released the album on 180gsm Vinyl and as a 2CD Expanded Edition which included b-sides, rarities, radio session tracks and the original 4-track demos that led to the band's signing with Hut Records.

The album was shortlisted for the 1993 Mercury Prize. It is now included in the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die list.^[9]

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Luke Haines.^[10]

Original 1993 CD/LP (CDHUT7/HUTLP7)

1. 'Show Girl' - 4:06
2. 'Bailed Out' - 3:44
3. 'American Guitars' - 3:31
4. 'Junk Shop Clothes' - 2:42
5. 'Don't Trust the Stars' - 2:25
6. 'Starstruck' - 2:59
7. 'How Could I Be Wrong' - 3:53
8. 'Housebreaker' - 2:57
9. 'Valet Parking' - 2:55
10. 'Idiot Brother' - 5:45
11. 'Early Years' - 2:40
12. 'Home Again' - 3:24 / 'Subculture (They Can't Find Him)' - 2:13 (hidden track; it follows 20 seconds of silence after the end of 'Home Again')

• Free 7' (HUTL2)

1. 'She Might Take a Train' - 1:38
2. 'Subculture (They Can't Find Him)' - 2:13

2014 expanded edition bonus tracks (Disc 1)

1. 'Subculture (They Can't Find Him)'
2. 'She Might Take a Train'
3. 'Glad to Be Gone'
4. 'Staying Power'
5. 'Wedding Day'
6. 'High Diving Horses'

2014 Expanded Edition Bonus Tracks (Disc 2)

1. 'Housebreaker (Rough Trade Singles Club 7')'
2. 'Valet Parking (Rough Trade Singles Club 7')'
3. 'Housebreaker (Acoustic Version)'
4. 'Junk Shop Clothes (Acoustic Version)'
5. 'Starstruck (Acoustic Version)'
6. 'Home Again (Acoustic Version)'
7. 'Junk Shop Clothes (1993 BBC Radio 1 Session)'
8. 'New French Junkshop (1993 BBC Radio 1 Session)'
9. 'Government Bookstore (1993 BBC Radio 1 Session)'
10. 'How Could I Be Wrong (1993 BBC Radio 1 Session)'
11. 'Bailed Out (Original 4-Track Demo)'
12. 'American Guitars (Original 4-Track Demo)'
13. 'Showgirl (Original 4-Track Demo)'
14. 'Glad to Be Gone (Original 4-Track Demo)'
15. 'Starstruck (Original 4-Track Demo)'
16. 'Early Years (Original 4-Track Demo)'

Personnel[edit]

Personnel per booklet.^[10]

The Auteurs

• Luke Haines – guitar, piano, vocals
• Alice Readman – bass guitar
• Glenn Collins – drums

Additional musicians

• James Banbury – cello
• Chris Wyles – percussion
• Kuljit Bhamra – percussion
• Joe Beckett – percussion

Production

• Phil Vinall – engineer, producer
• Luke Haines – producer
• Stefan de Batselier – photography
• Peter Barrett – sleeve design
• Andrew Biscomb – sleeve design

References[edit]

1. ^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. 'New Wave – The Auteurs'. AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
2. ^Slaughter, Matthew (24 January 2014). 'Album Review: The Auteurs – New Wave (expanded edition)'. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
3. ^Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN0-85712-595-8.
4. ^'The Auteurs: New Wave'. Entertainment Weekly: 58. 7 May 1993.
5. ^Clayton-Lea, Tony (7 March 2014). 'The Auteurs: New Wave (Expanded Edition)'. The Irish Times. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
6. ^Harris, Keith (2004). 'The Auteurs'. In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 29–30. ISBN0-7432-0169-8.
7. ^Cavanagh, David (March 1993). 'The Auteurs: New Wave'. Select (33): 67.
8. ^Christgau, Robert (6 April 1993). 'Consumer Guide'. The Village Voice. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
9. ^'1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die'. 1001 Before You Die. Quintessence Editions Ltd. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
10. ^ ^abNew Wave (Booklet). The Auteurs. Hut Recordings. 1993. CDHUT 7/263 306.CS1 maint: others (link)

The Auteurs New Wave

External links[edit]

• New Wave at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)