Wire – Mind Hive

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Artist: Wire | Format: LP | Genre: Rock|Album Condition: New | Cover Condition:Sealed

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Wire exhibit little inclination to look back rather they remain resolutely focused on producing music which is smart, vital and defiantly modern Mind Hive is the groups first newly recorded material since 2017 s Silver/Lead That album garnered rave reviews and career best sales Yet, if Silver/Lead set the bar pretty high, Mind Hive seems to have no problem vaulting over it Be Like Them is a super angular composition, utilizing a recently rediscovered Wire lyric from 1977 Colin Newman and Matthew Simms guitars constantly mesh and diverge, whilst the rhythm section ensures the song prowls forward with an unstoppable menace Cactused is the first of Mind Hive s pop moments The vocal is wide eyed and wired, with effects heavy guitar work creating a bright web of noise, with the songs stop/start moments providing a series of precise energy bursts Primed And Ready rides out on a tightly pulsing synth sequence punctuated by icy slivers of guitar This is Wire at their most compressed yet propulsive Off The Beach is another prime pop song With its breezy, optimistic melody, and blend of electric and acoustic guitars, the song initially sees the group seemingly celebrating the joys of everyday life but things are destined to turn a shade stranger Unrepentant explores the kind of bucolic soundscape early Pink Floyd would have been proud to call their own Boasting one of the albums finest texts, the song radiates out into a shimmering sonic heat haze Shadows pulls the classic Wire trick of placing a dark and cruel lyric in a musical setting of tender beauty Never has the recounting of atrocity been so seductively pitched Oklahoma is the muscular and dramatic joker in the pack Lewis dark vocal swims through a rich compound of guitar textures and synth tones, building into a masterclass of tension and release Hung is the albums centrepiece This 8 minute excursion matches a brief but evocative lyric with a dense, mesmeric guitar grind Simms and Newmans keyboards add a plaintive note, as the song moves through a series of sections, each with its own distinct atmosphere.

contains;
Be Like Them
Cactused
Primed & Ready
Off the Beach
Unrepentant
Shadows
Oklahoma
Hung
Humming
NEW SEALED LP on Limited Edition colored vinyl – a Record Store Day release