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While Luke Haines morbid British rock outfit is happy as a cult act, this box set, repackaging their 2014 reissues, makes a case for the Auteurs greatness. ....
Joe Banks , March 8th, 2021 08:14 Self-hobbled and confined to a wheelchair, Luke Haines dug deep into middle England’s psychic hinterland to produce the definitive anti-Britpop album. Joe Banks reflects on a “monsterpiece” that still resonates today As an opening track, ‘Light Aircraft On Fire’ is a vicious, lip-curled statement of intent. After a brief tease of melodic guitar, Luke Haines crashes into a furnace black riff, hissing his words out like a man rapidly running low on oxygen: “When you cut your lover slack/ You’ll get a monster back”. Haines will return to this theme of unleashing monstrous thoughts, but for now he’s sticking with self-immolation and hints of a “dark premonition”, with “a pre-science preacher in the cabin”. The bridge has a bone-crushing, militant vigour, while the chorus clutches onto that initial hint of melody for dear life. But ultimately, this song is a high velocity death wish, a petrol bomb smashed against t ....
Oasis were among those featured in Kevin Cummins’ 2020 book. Kevin Cummins has picked established favourites, b-sides, rare cuts and classic single edits from artists such as Oasis, Radiohead and New Order on a 71-track compilation which is accompanying his While We Were Getting High: Britpop And The ‘90s book. That book collected some of Cummins’ most recognisable work from a decade with the NME which kept his camera lens firmly fixed on the mid-90s music scene in Britain, and pretty much all of that era’s leading lights will be found on the Caught Beneath The Landslide compilation when it’s released on May 14th. ....