A collaborative fever dream from two veterans of British post-punk and art rock, Test Driving The New Prius (A Radio Play By Jim Fry And Luke Haines) unites Jim Fry (Earl Brutus, Pre New) and Luke Haines (The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof) in a darkly comedic 35-minute radio play complete with sound effects. Originally broadcast in 2022, the piece follows "Endgame Man" through the mundane absurdity of daily life — a journey to the local Costcutter rendered with the existential weight of a modernist literary epic.
Drawing on the tradition of the Bildungsroman, Fry and Haines craft a narrative steeped in loss and displacement, though pointedly refusing any tidy arc of growth or redemption — no lessons learned here. Now pressed to vinyl by Glass Modern Records, this is a genuinely unusual artifact: part theatrical performance, part deadpan cultural commentary, and wholly characteristic of two artists who have never made things easy for themselves or their listeners.
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- Format: Vinyl
- Red Vinyl
- Label: Glass Modern
- Genre: Stage & Screen
- Release Date: 04/12/2025
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TRACKS
A1. An Introduction
A2. Scene 1 Radio Play
A3. Scene 2 Solitary Afternoon Binge Drinking
A4. Scene 3 Costcutter Camelot
A5. Scene 4 Endgame 1
A6. Scene 5 Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno: DDS DMD MClinDent MSc (Brian Eno Private Dental Practice. No NHS.)
B1. Interlude - Potato
B2. Scene 1 Test Driving The New Prius
B3. Scene 2 Wank
B4. Scene 3 Martin Degville Conference Call
B5. Scene 4 Endgame 2
B6. Scene 5 Sleeping Under The Floor
B7. Scene 6 High Kick For Bargain Hunt
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