Luke Haines

The Profile

English/British songwriter and solo artist associated with The Auteurs, Baader-Meinhof and Black Box Recorder; noted for concept albums, provocative themes and a reputation as an outsider in the UK alternative scene.

Recorded with The Auteurs (including the 1994 album After Murder Park produced by Steve Albini, as noted in the review). Known for a sequence of concept releases such as 9 1/2 Psychedelic Meditations on British Wrestling..., Rock and Roll Animals, New York In The '70s and British Nuclear Bunkers. The reviewed 2016 album Smash the System is described as a non-concept album following several concept records.

The available review presents Luke Haines as an eccentric, prolific English songwriter and solo artist, known for concept albums and provocative themes. The review focuses on his 2016 album Smash the System and contextualises it among recent concept records. Haines is described as an antihero of the UK alternative scene with a taste for dark, referential and often controversial subject matter.