"Exquisite Britpop"

Did you ever get tired of the Cool Britannia hype and the Britpop poseurs? Oasis, Blur and Pulp to name a few. Then I strongly recommend The Auteurs. Great songwriting with intelligent and witty lyrics. Not to mention: a cerebral cortex sticking beat. A close friend introduced me to them in 2012. I liked them instantly and still listens to them. The Auteurs is a band, but in practice the band is synonymous with songwriter Luke Haines (guitar, piano and vocals). The band name is very fitting. An auteur is an artist with a distinctive approach, usually a film director whose filmmaking control is so unbounded and personal that the director is likened to the "author" of the film, thus manifesting the director's unique style or thematic focus. Making it your own, so to speak. However, Luke Haines never liked the Britpop label. On the contrary, he frequently made derogatory remarks about his peers. In 2009 Haines released a book "Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall". I haven't read the book, but it's reviewed as funny, honest and ridiculously entertaining. The Auteurs made four albums: "New Wave" (1993), "Now I'm a Cowboy" (1994), "After Murder Park" (1996) and "How I Learned to Love the Bootboys" (1999). No nonsense. No posing. Just brilliant.  
 

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