Cherry Red Records will reissue expanded versions of two pivotal albums from Luke Haines-fronted outfits in January 2014.
The Auteurs’ debut New Wave was released early in 1993 on Hut Records just as the Britpop scene was emerging and arguably contains some of Haines’ best known songs, including the singles Showgirl and How Could I Be Wrong. The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize although it lost out to Suede in the end.
Cherry Red’s forthcoming two-CD deluxe reissue adds 21 bonus tracks to the original album, including, B-sides, BBC sessions, six previously unreleased four-track demos and other rarities. See full track listing below for more detail.
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