New Wire - 2013

[schwenko]

from the pinkflag mailing list:

"We can now reveal part of the reason for the low number of performances in 2012 was to facilitate the recording of the next Wire album, "Change Becomes Us", now being readied for release on March 25, 2013. "Change Becomes Us" began as an exploration of unrecorded material originally written in 1979–80. Some of this material had only ever existed as quickly prepared sketches for one-off performance; however, subjected to the rigour of a Wire working process of both touring and studio, it evolved organically into what we think is a fascinating hybrid. Liberated from its historic roots, it simply took off! "Really fresh!" is the common quote of the few who've heard it!
The initial recording sessions were held at Rockfield studios, near Monmouth, Wales, during a very damp week in April. Rockfield, famous for being the first residential studio in the UK, has also been the location of the making of many legendary rock albums. Paul Morley recently visited Rockfield for his documentary Radio 4 series on recording studios, "Making Tracks". It was our intention to bring as much of the dynamic energy of the 2011 touring group to the recording and Rockfield is ideally set up to capture both power and nuance in recording. Wire have never recorded quite like this! This album is also the first time where Matthew Simms, previously Wire's touring guitarist, has been an integral part of the Wire recording process. Over the year, the 13 tracks which make up the Welsh Wire recordings have been refined and focussed at swim~ studio to arrive at the finished album: "Change Becomes Us"

Here's the tracklisting

01 Doubles & Trebles

02 Keep Exhaling

03 Adore Your Island

04 Re-invent Your Second Wheel

05 Stealth Of A Stork

06 B/W Silence

07 Time Lock Fog

08 Magic Bullet

09 Eels Sang

10 Love Bends

11 As We Go

12 & Much Besides

13 Attractive Space


UK Release date is 25th March 2013"


Sugoi !!!

[FiveTenFifteen]

Looking forward to that - I happen to like a lot of the 'Document and Eyewitness' material, even in its rough state, and the possibility of much of it hewn into new shapes on this release is an appealing one.