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Preview: Wire @ Union Stage, 3/9/20

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Preview: Wire @ Union Stage, 3/9/20

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Wire (Photo courtesy Clarion Call Media)

Legendary English post-punks Wire are touring in support of their new album Mind Hive out now via pinkflag. Frontman Colin Newman and company perform at Union Stage in DC on Monday, March 9.

Mind Hive, the band’s 17th studio album, sees the definitive post-punk group continue a run of stellar releases, showcasing a band on peak form 40 years into their hugely influential career.

Since their inception, Wire have maintained a reputation for creating music that stretches the rock form whilst simultaneously editing it down to its essence. With their gift for crafting songs that perfectly balance experimentation and accessibility, Wire were recently hailed by the Quietus as “one of the most consistent British bands of all time.” Yet Wire exhibit little inclination to look back or trade on past glories, rather they remain resolutely focused on producing music which is smart, vital, and defiantly modern.

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Mind Hive is the group’s first newly recorded material since 2017’s stellar Silver/Lead. That album garnered rave reviews (“Some of the best tunes they’ve done” — The Guardian) and career best sales. Yet, if Silver/Lead set the bar pretty high, Mind Hive seems to have no problem vaulting over it — a supremely confident album featuring some of the band’s most upbeat moments of recent years.

Wire’s back catalogue is of course studded with influential epoch defining works. Last year saw the reissue of their ground-breaking first three albums: Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, and 154. These were voted amongst the top reissues of the year (Rolling Stone at No. 10, Uncut at No. 12 and Select at No. 3). And now Mind Hive arrives at a time when Wire are being cited as an influence by yet another generation of bands. They are also the subjects of a career spanning feature documentary called People in a Film due for release late 2020.

Don’t miss this show!

Buy your tickets online now.

Wire
Union Stage
Monday, March 9
Doors @ 7pm
$25
All ages

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