{"id":32660,"date":"2019-10-22T19:30:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T23:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32660"},"modified":"2019-10-22T10:29:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:29:19","slug":"wire-announce-new-album-mind-hive-share-lead-single-cactused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32660","title":{"rendered":"Wire announce new album &#8216;Mind Hive&#8217; + share lead single &#8216;Cactused&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, post-punk legends Wire have announced details of their new album,\u00a0&#8216;Mind Hive,&#8217; set for release on January 24, 2020 via the band&#8217;s own label pinkflag.\u00a0The band&#8217;s seventeenth studio album sees the group continue a run of stellar releases, showcasing a band on peak form 40 years into their hugely influential career.\u00a0\u00a0The first glimpse of\u00a0&#8216;Mind Hive&#8217;\u00a0comes with lead single Cactused,\u00a0one of\u00a0new album&#8217;s\u00a0resoundingly pop moments. Colin Newman&#8217;s vocal is wide eyed and wired, with Lewis&#8217; smooth backing vocals thickening the plot. Matthew Simms&#8217; effects-heavy guitar work creates a bright web of noise, with the song&#8217;s stop\/start moments providing a series of precise energy bursts.\u00a0Watch the video for the track via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tDBrZ854S4A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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 <em>&#8220;one of the most consistent British bands of all time.&#8221;<\/em> 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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Mind Hive&#8217;\u00a0is the group&#8217;s first newly recorded material since 2017&#8217;s stellar\u00a0&#8216;Silver\/Lead&#8217;. &#8216;Silver\/Lead&#8217;\u00a0set the bar pretty high,\u00a0but &#8216;Mind Hive&#8217;\u00a0seems to have no problem vaulting over it \u2013 a supremely confident album featuring some of the band&#8217;s most upbeat moments of recent years.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wire&#8217;s back catalogue is of course studded with influential epoch defining works. Last year saw the reissue of their ground-breaking first three albums:\u00a0&#8216;Pink Flag,&#8217; &#8216;Chairs Missing,&#8217;\u00a0and\u00a0&#8216;154&#8217;. 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\u00a0&#8216;Mind Hive&#8217;\u00a0arrives 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\u00a0&#8216;People in a Film&#8217;\u00a0due for release late 2020 (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/rpb2wc\/3m9fkn\/fgcvsh\" target=\"_blank\">details here<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quite how a group that has been operating for such a long period is still able to produce such exciting and essential work is difficult to understand. And yet here we are;\u00a0&#8216;Mind Hive&#8217;\u00a0is the most masterful 35 minutes of post-punk you will hear this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/26d82f7c00c94317f68e3921_560x560.jpg?resize=560%2C560\" alt=\"Wire Mind Hive cover artwork\" class=\"wp-image-32663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/26d82f7c00c94317f68e3921_560x560.jpg?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/26d82f7c00c94317f68e3921_560x560.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/26d82f7c00c94317f68e3921_560x560.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/26d82f7c00c94317f68e3921_560x560.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;<strong>Mind Hive&#8217;\u00a0track list<\/strong><br>1. Be Like Them <br>2. Cactused\u00a0 <br>3. Primed and Ready <br>4. Off The Beach <br>5. Unrepentant <br>6. Shadows <br>7. Oklahoma <br>8. Hung <br>9. Humming<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are hitting the road in support of &#8216;Mind Hive&#8217; &#8211; the tour dates are below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tour dates<\/strong><br>January 27 &#8211; Bristol, UK @ The Fleece<br>January 28 &#8211; Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall<br>January 29 &#8211; Birmingham, UK @ Hare &amp; Hounds<br>January 30 &#8211; Glasgow, UK @ G2 (The Garage)<br>January 31 &#8211; Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club<br>February 1- Brighton, UK @ Chalk\u00a0<br>March 3 &#8211; Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line<br>March 4 &#8211; Chicago, IL @ Metro<br>March 6 &#8211; Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge<br>March 7 &#8211; Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse<br>March 9 &#8211;\u00a0 Washington, DC @ Union Stage<br>March 10 &#8211; Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts<br>March 11 &#8211; Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg<br>March 13 &#8211; Boston, MA @ Sinclair<br>March 14 &#8211; Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Centre<br>March 16 &#8211; Toronto, ON @ Great Hall<br>May 21 &#8211; London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Today, post-punk legends Wire have announced details of their new album,\u00a0&#8216;Mind Hive,&#8217; set for release on January 24, 2020 via the band&#8217;s own label pinkflag.\u00a0The <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32660\" title=\"Wire announce new album &#8216;Mind Hive&#8217; + share lead single &#8216;Cactused&#8217;\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: Wire announce new album 'Mind Hive' + share lead single 'Cactused'","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[22,23,25,28,29,30],"tags":[8640,8639,1245],"class_list":["post-32660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","tag-cactused","tag-mind-hive","tag-tour-dates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/79246f740a85ac7177bb6886_1220x1904.jpg?fit=1220%2C1904&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8uM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33172,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33172","url_meta":{"origin":32660,"position":0},"title":"Wire share new single \u2018Primed &#038; 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