Review
`POST EVERYTHING is written with such authority that it suggests that Haines has finally found his calling: indeed, it's almost as if he's deliberately sabotaged his career until now to give himself something to write about ... The book's best sections are concerned with genuine failure ... He brilliantly describes two years of futile effort, and the true pain of collaborative endeavours ... But Haines's pain provides our pleasure.' --Matt Thorne, Independent
Haines was always too clever to be a pop star ... As a writer, though, he's a national treasure-in-waiting, cutting through the pomp with drily hilarious anecdotes. POST EVERYTHING sums up the silliness of the indie scene perfectly.' --Mail on Sunday
`Haines manages to maintain a degree of objectivity and offers us a perspective on the music industry as it turns to dust. It helps that he is funny. Like an articulate but permanently pissed uncle, he's a master of the clever cuss and an enthusiastic employer of the tangential footnote ... This is an enjoyably smirksome read.' --Time Out
`An utterly disdainful account of the British music industry from the late 1990s to 2005. Written in forthright, expletive-riddled prose, it reads like being regaled in the pub by a brilliantly indiscreet misanthrope ... Hilarious.' --Metro
`"Must never end up like Bobby Gillespie" It's not a bad strategy for life, and happily one the ferociously talented Luke Haines continues to adhere to in his follow-up to BAD VIBES. Resuming from where that excoriatingly brilliant book left off ... Grimly amusing.' --Word
`Thrilling ... Against the backdrop of a collapsing music business, the rise of Simon Cowell, reality TV, war, and the great New labour disappointment, this is that very British of things - a celebration of heroic failure ... Now that Luke Haines' musical memoirs are complete ... let's see where he casts his gimlet eye and chooses to let his pen run next.' --NME, Book of the Week
`The second coruscating music memoir from Luke Haines ... It's as funny and scathing as Haines' first book, BAD VIBES ... with a more surrealist sense of weirdness ... A lot of fun.' --Big Issue
`Haines is still filled with snark and insight, which makes for a dark but enjoyable read. --Elle
`Delightfully scathing, frequently hilarious dissection of his splendidly non-commercial musical career ... This is essential reading for old and jaded music fans.' --Irish News
Haines was always too clever to be a pop star ... As a writer, though, he's a national treasure-in-waiting, cutting through the pomp with drily hilarious anecdotes. POST EVERYTHING sums up the silliness of the indie scene perfectly.' --Mail on Sunday
`Haines manages to maintain a degree of objectivity and offers us a perspective on the music industry as it turns to dust. It helps that he is funny. Like an articulate but permanently pissed uncle, he's a master of the clever cuss and an enthusiastic employer of the tangential footnote ... This is an enjoyably smirksome read.' --Time Out
`An utterly disdainful account of the British music industry from the late 1990s to 2005. Written in forthright, expletive-riddled prose, it reads like being regaled in the pub by a brilliantly indiscreet misanthrope ... Hilarious.' --Metro
`"Must never end up like Bobby Gillespie" It's not a bad strategy for life, and happily one the ferociously talented Luke Haines continues to adhere to in his follow-up to BAD VIBES. Resuming from where that excoriatingly brilliant book left off ... Grimly amusing.' --Word
`Thrilling ... Against the backdrop of a collapsing music business, the rise of Simon Cowell, reality TV, war, and the great New labour disappointment, this is that very British of things - a celebration of heroic failure ... Now that Luke Haines' musical memoirs are complete ... let's see where he casts his gimlet eye and chooses to let his pen run next.' --NME, Book of the Week
`The second coruscating music memoir from Luke Haines ... It's as funny and scathing as Haines' first book, BAD VIBES ... with a more surrealist sense of weirdness ... A lot of fun.' --Big Issue
`Haines is still filled with snark and insight, which makes for a dark but enjoyable read. --Elle
`Delightfully scathing, frequently hilarious dissection of his splendidly non-commercial musical career ... This is essential reading for old and jaded music fans.' --Irish News
Book Description
The sequel to 2009's Bad Vibes, in which Luke Haines reveals what happened next...
