of Life produced the eponymous single, which has been the biggest hit of Haines' career so far. Although no official split announcement was made, the band have been on hiatus since the mid-2000s. Going solo In 2000 Haines wrote the soundtrack for Christie Malry's Own Double Entry, a film adaptation of the B. S. Johnson novel. Director Paul Tickell had originally expressed a wish to license How I Learned to Love the Bootboys as the soundtrack for the film but couldn't afford the rights. In the same year Haines released The Oliver Twist Manifesto, a solo album released under his own name. Soon after the sale of Virgin Records to French company Fnac, David Boyd of Hut Records (owned by Virgin) enlisted Haines to release an Auteurs greatest hits collection, giving the band the opportunity to re-record the songs as they saw fit. Das Capital: The Song Writing Genius of Luke Haines therefore consisted mostly of new versions of Auteurs songs with the inclusion of a string quartet, with some new tracks. A box set covering his career to date, Luke Haines is Dead, was issued in 2005, and two new albums were expected in 2006, including the soundtrack to the abandoned musical Property, which also features Sarah Nixey. It remains unreleased. Cherry Red Records released a Best of The Servants compilation, with sleeve notes by Haines, the same year. Off My Rocker at the Art School Bop was released in October 2006. Haines worked with pop producer Richard X on some tracks. The album was preceded by a double A-sided single "Off My Rocker at the Art School Bop (Richard X version)", backed with "I Am The Best Artist/Skinny White Girls." Haines toured the UK and Ireland in support of the album during November 2006, with John Moore guesting on bowed saw and backing vocals at some dates. Haines also played at book signings for David Peace during the promotional tour for his novel The Damned United. Haines and Peter Buck, formerly of R.E.M., collaborated on an album, Beat Poetry for Survivalists, which was released in 2020. Black Box Recorder reformation In December 2007, Black Box Recorder teamed up with Art Brut to create the single Christmas Number One under the collaborative title of The Black Arts. In October 2008 Black Box Recorder appeared at a Nick Sanderson tribute concert. It was subsequently announced on Luke Haines' web site