Luke Haines: Adventures in Dementia (CD on Outside Music)

Band: Luke Haines
Label: Outside Music
Title: Adventures in Dementia

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Band:Luke Haines
Title:Adventures in Dementia
Reviewed By:Anthony Strutt
Date Published:14/03/2015

Label:Outside Music
Format:CD
Release Year:2015
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Luke Haines first came to public attention as a member of David Westlake's 1980’s band the Servants, before he formed the Auteurs in 1991. After this he began a succession of other projects, including Black Box Recorder, but for the last few years has focused on a solo career.

‘Adventures in Dementia’, his latest offering, lasts just under fifteen minutes, As a stand-alone EP/mini-album, I don't think it works. It's a micro opera, which is meant to tell a story within the songs. The lyrics are decent enough, but without a lyric sheet in front of him or her the listener is left scratching their head.

As a performance piece it probably works better. It is loosely based on a stupid story about a Mark E. Smith impersonator and a skinhead wanting to kill him. That starts to become apparent on the self-titled last song, but getting there proves lyrically very odd. The standard ‘Jerusalem’ is given a fresh paint job. ‘Caravan Man’, the opener, is a 50's rock and roll number and is the best track on this, while ‘Regeneration’ is full of raw punk fury.

A national treasure, Luke Haines is still going the extra mile, but it's just understanding him which proves the hard part here.

Track Listing:

01) Caravan Man
02) I'm A Very Friendly Lion Called Parsley
03) Cats That Look Like M.E.S (Live)
04) Jerusalem (Live)
05) Regeneration (Live)
06) Adventures in Dementia (Live)

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Incomprehensible new mini-album from the Auteurs and Black Box Recorder’s Luke Haines

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