Wire (2015 album)

Wire
Studio album by Wire
Released

13 April 2015 (U.K.)

21 April 2015 (U.S.)[1]
Recorded 2014 at Rockfield Studios outside Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK; overdubs added December 2014 Brighton Electric, Brighton, England, UK[1]
Genre Post-punk, art punk, alternative rock
Length 44:01
Label Pink Flag
Producer Wire
Wire studio album chronology

Change Becomes Us
(2013)		 Wire
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 75/100[2]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]
Pitchfork 7.0/10[4]
The Guardian [5]
The A.V. Club B+[6]
Paste Magazine 8.2/10[7]

Album Info

Wire is the fourteenth studio album by British post-punk band Wire. It was released on 13 April 2015.[1]

The material on the album is a combination of songs which were written and performed live on tour preceding the recording and material written by Colin Newman just prior to entering the studio.[1] The band chose eleven songs out of nineteen they’d been preparing, and Newman has stated that the band will issue the remaining material in “… a second release, probably early next year”.[8]

According to the band’s official webpage for the release, Wire is the first time that guitarist Matthew Simms, who joined in 2012, was heavily involved in the creation of album material.[1] Colin Newman said of Simms: “This is the first album where Matt’s been involved in the whole process. It would be overstating to say that we’re in a Renaissance, but we are definitely getting somewhere, and I think that Matt is very much part of that.”[9]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Wire. 

No. Title Length
1. "Blogging"   3:46
2. "Shifting"   3:17
3. "Burning Bridges"   3:17
4. "In Manchester"   2:41
5. "High"   1:52
6. "Sleep-Walking"   7:30
7. "Joust & Jostle"   2:12
8. "Swallow"   4:17
9. "Split Your Ends"   3:30
10. "Octopus"   3:16
11. "Harpooned"   8:23

Personnel

Wire
Collaborators

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Official page for Wire at pinkflag.com". 13 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/wire/wire
  3. ↑ "‘’Wire’’ review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Raggett, Ned (21 April 2015). "Wire - ‘’Wire’’". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Mongredien, Phil ""A real pop sensibility at play" review". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Zaleski, Annie "Post-punk legends Wire sound ferocious, rejuvenated on new album". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Hamm, Robert: "Wire: Wire Review". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Smith, Mat "Split Your Ends: Wire's Colin Newman Interviewed". Clash Music. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  9. ↑ Brodsky, Rachel "Q&A: Nobody Puts Wire in a Corner". Spin. Retrieved 25 April 2015.