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Wire - Silver/ Lead

Silver/ Lead

Wire

Available Formats Tracks Price Buy
12" Vinyl Album 10 tracks £14.99
CD Album 10 tracks £9.99
Download Album (FLAC) 10 tracks £7.99
Download Album (MP3) 10 tracks £7.99

Description

Wire - Silver/ Lead

Wire's 2017 album Silver/Lead was released in 3 physical formats, CD, Vinyl and Special Edition - a hard backed 80 page case bound book, with text by Graham Duff, extended credits, lyrics and lots of colour photos as well as the CD. This format was only produced in limited quantities but unlike The Change Becomes Us Special Edition with which it shares a format, it was also available in selected independent record shops.



Here's the Press Release.




Silver/Lead is the 15th studio album from musical pioneers Wire. It arrives on the 40th anniversary of their debut performance. Yet it's about as far from nostalgia as you could get. This is the sound of a uniquely addictive 21st century psychedelic post-punk.



Colin Newman and Matt Simms' guitar work is alternately jagged and luminous, while bassist Graham Lewis's ear-catching lyrics are vivid yet oblique. Meanwhile, drummer Robert Grey provides a virtual masterclass in percussive minimalism. But it's how the various instruments mesh together that really counts. And Newman's production creates a sonic space in which even the smallest gesture is accorded some recognition.



Highlights include the optimistic dazzle of 'Diamonds In Cups', with its almost T. Rex-style buzz and chug, and the moody swing of 'This Time'. Elsewhere on the musical spectrum, there's the menacing widescreen grandeur of 'Playing Harp for the Fishes' and breakneck-paced guitar pop of 'Short Elevated Period'.



Wire are one of the world's most ground-breaking bands, their influence acknowledged by bands as diverse as Blur, Sonic Youth, R.E.M. and Savages. But they have never been interested in exploiting past glories. For Wire, there is only ever one possible direction: forwards. So it's perhaps not surprising that over recent years, they've played strings of sold-out shows, achieved career-best record sales, and been cited as a strong influence by yet another generation of bands.



Wire's last three albums garnered nothing but rave reviews. From 2013's strangely beautiful Change Becomes Us ("It's fantastic." - Pitchfork) to the crackling motorik of 2015's Wire ("It's all really well turned, potent and crisp." - The Guardian), and last year's punchy mini-album Nocturnal Koreans ("It's a cracker and sounds defiantly modern." - The Quietus). Consequently, although it may be being released on the band's 40th anniversary, Silver/Lead is an album which has nothing to do with the past and everything to do with the future.

Tracklisting

12" Vinyl Album (PF24LP)
  1. Wire - Playing Harp For The Fishes
  2. Wire - Short Elevated Period
  3. Wire - Diamonds In Cups
  4. Wire - Forever & A Day
  5. Wire - An Alibi
  6. Wire - Sonic Lens
  7. Wire - This Time
  8. Wire - Brio
  9. Wire - Sleep On The Wing
  10. Wire - Silver / Lead
CD Album (PF24CD)
  1. Wire - Playing Harp For The Fishes
  2. Wire - Short Elevated Period
  3. Wire - Diamonds In Cups
  4. Wire - Forever & A Day
  5. Wire - An Alibi
  6. Wire - Sonic Lens
  7. Wire - This Time
  8. Wire - Brio
  9. Wire - Sleep On The Wing
  10. Wire - Silver / Lead
Download Album (PF24D)
  1. Wire - Playing Harp for the Fishes
  2. Wire - Short Elevated Period
  3. Wire - Diamonds In Cups
  4. Wire - Forever & A Day
  5. Wire - An Alibi
  6. Wire - Sonic Lens
  7. Wire - This Time
  8. Wire - Brio
  9. Wire - Sleep On the Wing
  10. Wire - Silver / Lead

Downloads

mp3 downloads

Track Number Track Name Track Length Price Buy
1 Playing Harp for the Fishes N/A N/A
2 Short Elevated Period N/A N/A
3 Diamonds In Cups N/A N/A
4 Forever & A Day N/A N/A
5 An Alibi N/A N/A
6 Sonic Lens N/A N/A
7 This Time N/A N/A
8 Brio N/A N/A
9 Sleep On the Wing N/A N/A
10 Silver / Lead N/A N/A
  Entire MP3 Download Album (10 tracks) N/A N/A

Unfortunately at this time we can't offer all the Wire - Silver/ Lead tracks as individual mp3s, as some of these tracks exceed the shops maximum (9mins) download length.

These longer mp3 tracks are available in the full album download.

flac downloads

Track Number Track Name Track Length Price Buy
1 Playing Harp for the Fishes N/A N/A
2 Short Elevated Period N/A N/A
3 Diamonds In Cups N/A N/A
4 Forever & A Day N/A N/A
5 An Alibi N/A N/A
6 Sonic Lens N/A N/A
7 This Time N/A N/A
8 Brio N/A N/A
9 Sleep On the Wing N/A N/A
10 Silver / Lead N/A N/A
  Entire FLAC Download Album (10 tracks) N/A N/A

Unfortunately at this time we can't offer all the Wire - Silver/ Lead tracks as individual mp3s, as some of these tracks exceed the shops maximum (9mins) download length.

These longer mp3 tracks are available in the full album download.

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