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Wire have announced their return by revealing a new album and sharing a video for its first single.
Mind Hive will launch on January 24 through the band’s own Pinkflag label and follows 2017’s Silver/Lead.
The video for the first single from the album is Cactused, with the promo featuring footage from Graham Duff’s upcoming career-spanning documentary about the band titled People In A Film which is expected to be released in the spring of next year.
Cactused is described as one of “Mind Hive’s resoundingly pop moments. Colin Newman’s vocal is wide-eyed and wired, with Graham Lewis’ smooth backing vocals thickening the plot.
“Matthew Simms’ effects-heavy guitar work creates a bright web of noise, with the song’s stop/start moments providing a series of precise energy bursts.”
Check out the video for Cactused below along with a teaser for the documentary.
Wire will embark on a UK tour early next year before heading across the Atlantic for a run of North American shows in March.
They’ll then return to London on May 21 for a set at the Islington Assembly Hall.
Wire: Mind Hive
1. Be Like Them
2. Cactused
3. Primed and Ready
4. Off The Beach
5. Unrepentant
6. Shadows
7. Oklahoma
8. Hung
9. Humming
Wire 2020 tour dates
Jan 27: Bristol The Fleece, UK
Jan 28: Manchester Band On The Wall
Jan 29: Birmingham Hare & Hounds, UK
Jan 30: Glasgow The Garage G2, UK
Jan 31: Leeds Brudenell Social Club, UK
Feb 01: Brighton Chalk, UK
Mar 03: Minneapolis Fine Line, MN
Mar 04: Chicago Metro, IL
Mar 06: Nashville Mercy Lounge, TN
Mar 07: Atlanta Variety Playhouse, GA
Mar 09: Washington Union Stage, DC
Mar 10: Philadelphia Underground Arts, PA
Mar 11: Brooklyn Music Hall Of Williamsburg, NY
Mar 12: Brooklyn Music Hall Of Williamsburg, NY
Mar 13: Boston Sinclair, MA
Mar 14: Ottawa Bronson Centre, ON
Mar 15: Toronto Great Hall, ON
May 21: London Islington Assembly Hall, UK
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- Wire - Pink Flag - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £95.00, $119.70, €114.95 (New Item) (arrived 03-Oct-2024 13:50)on December 22, 2024 at 12:47 pm
WIRE Pink Flag (1977 UK first press 21-track LP on the yellow & green Harvest label with 'BLAIR' etched in the run-out, arguably the most original debut to come out of the first wave of British punk; exhibiting severe artschool damage, Wire careens at breakneck speed through 21 songs in 36 minutes to create an album that has influenced bands for nearly 30 years. Complete with the lyric card inner, the picture sleeve displays only light general shelf wear & the inner shows some light foxing has a small seam split at the bottom. The vinyl reveals only moderate signs of play. Overall an Excellent copy! SHSP4076) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Wire - Manscape - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $37.80, €36.30 (New Item) (arrived 30-Sep-2024 13:06)on December 22, 2024 at 12:47 pm
WIRE Man Scape (1990 UK 10-track vinyl LP, which found the brainy post-punksters ditching the standard guitar-bass-drum set-up in favour of drum machines & samples, picture sleeve with illustrated lyric inner - A great copy in superb condition! STUMM80)
- Wire - It's Beginning To And Back Again + Postcards - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $44.10, €42.35 (New Item) (arrived 30-Sep-2024 12:42)on December 22, 2024 at 12:47 pm
WIRE It's Beginning To And Back Again (1989 UK limited edition 'Chain With No Name' exclusive 8-track vinyl LP, including Finest Drops & Eardrum Buzz, housed in a single picture sleeve complete with four postcards. The sleeve shows light signsof age-related wear and a seam plit on the top edge but the vinyl remains in excellent condition appearing barely played STUMM66)
- Wire - A Bell Is A Cup... Until It Is Struck - US - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.50, €30.25 (New Item) (arrived 30-Sep-2024 12:10)on December 22, 2024 at 12:47 pm
WIRE A Bell Is A Cup... Until It Is Struck (1988 US 10-track LP from the British Post-Punk legends, including 'Kidney Bingos'. Comes housed in a gatefold picture sleeve with deletion saw-cut & lyrics printed inside. The sleeve shows minimal wear& the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with just the odd faint sign of play D1-73314)
- Wire - Chairs Missing - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £95.00, $119.70, €114.95 (New Item) (arrived 30-Sep-2024 11:31)on December 22, 2024 at 12:47 pm
WIRE Chairs Missing (1978 UK first press 15-track LP, the second longplayer [or 'next dose of disease'] from one of Britain's finest post-punk outfits, including the classics, Outdoor Miner & I Am The Fly, complete with the illustrated lyric inner hosued in a matt picture sleeve. The sleeve is clean with some light signs of age wear mostly to the edges with a seam split on the top edge, whilst the vinyl is very clean with little to no signs of play SHSP4093)
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