Suburban Morning - Music

Formerly Of Mid 90s Electro-Indie Bands The Auteurs And Black Box Recorder This Legendary Front Man Has Gone Solo With A Hip-Hop/pop Pastiche Sound To Play To A Well Establised Following Of Fans. Relentlessly Highbrow Haines's Dark-But-Mischievous Lyrics Typically Fall Into Three Groups Musings On Obscure Anglicana The Mitford Sisters Freddie Mills Is Dead Bitter Attacks On Modern Society Particularly The Arts The Death Of Sarah Lucas Christ And Twisted 1970s Anti-Nostalgia Leeds United Here's To Old England - With The Odd Dash Of Self-Aggrandisement Thrown In For Good Measure. Despite Cultivating An Image As A Sinister Misanthrope Over The Past Fifteen Years Haines's Live Sets Are Notable For His Self-Deprecating Humour And Between-Songs Banter - And For Their Surprising Brevity. But Considering That Most Of His Songs Are Well Under Three Minutes This Doesn't Necessarily Mean A Short Set List. read less