Paul Haig - Relive

Relive is the new album from Paul Haig, the former front man of cult post-punks JOSEF K. Marking Haig’s third new album in as many years, it’s more evidence of a remarkable surge of creativity from the man who once vowed never to sing or perform on stage again.

It’s been 28 years since Josef K released their one and only album The Only Fun In Town, and much has changed for Haig and for the world. What remains is Haig’s gift for off-kilter pop melodies, meticulously arranged guitars, spiky attitude and angst-ridden lyrics. At ten tracks and just over half an hour long, Relive is the kind of fat-free, brisk and brilliant album that Haig and his peers have the patent for.

Conceived as a mini road movie, Relive is more organic than his recent works, with less programming and more real-time playing with the aforementioned guitars at the core.

Born in Edinburgh in 1960, Paul Haig has spent three decades as a music industry outsider. His band, Josef K, were one of the most influential of the post-punk era, and have informed much of the indie music in the mid-2000s, from Franz to Bloc Party. Just this summer, at T In The Park, former Postcard Records labelmate Edwyn Collins, Malcolm Ross and Alex Kapranos performed Josef K’s Sorry For Laughing, marking the band’s long-lasting legacy. Haig has since enjoyed a long solo career, and recently returned to playing live following a 20-year hiatus.

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