After Murder Park

by The Auteurs

After Murder Park cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 March 1996
  • Label: Hut
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 38:43
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Steve Albini, Marcus Broome, James Banbury, Abigail Trundle, Luke Haines, Alice Readman, Eleanor Gilchrist, Barney C. Rockford, Ben Davis, Theresa Whipple, Andy Bush

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Rejecting the buoyant commercialism of the Britpop scene they helped initiate, Luke Haines steered his band into profoundly dark, misanthropic territory. Produced by Steve Albini, the record features an incredibly abrasive, claustrophobic guitar sound that perfectly matches the deeply cynical, violently themed lyrical narratives. The intensely combative recording alienated casual listeners but solidified Haines as one of the era's most brilliant, uncompromising songwriters.

Genres

Descriptors: alienation, theatrical, literate, dark-humor, chamber

Tracklist

  1. Light Aircraft On Fire (2:17)
  2. Child Brides (4:26)
  3. Land Lovers (2:31)
  4. New Brat In Town (3:55)
  5. Everything You Say Will Destroy You (2:42)
  6. Unsolved Child Murder (2:08)
  7. Married To A Lazy Lover (3:55)
  8. Buddha (2:52)
  9. Tombstone (3:59)
  10. Fear Of Flying (4:11)
  11. Dead Sea Navigators (3:47)
  12. After Murder Park (2:00)

Credits

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