WIRE share new single 'Diamonds in Cups'!

New album 'Silver/Lead' out March 31st via pink flag! Tour dates announced. As they celebrate their 40th anniversary since forming, Wire continue looking forward as they share the second single from their upcoming LP!

As they celebrate their 40th year since forming, Wire have shared the second single, 'Diamonds in Cups', from their forthcoming album 'Silver/Lead', which is due March 31st via the band's pinkflag label.

The band also recently announced various DRILL FESTIVAL dates, a boutique city festival curated by Wire with dates in LA, Leeds, Brussels and Berlin, plus two nights at London's Garage and various other Spring tour dates. 

The optimistic dazzle of ‘Diamonds In Cups’, glitters with an almost T. Rex-style buzz and chug. It's the sound of a band who, on their ruby anniversary, are still on peak form.

Hear 'Diamonds in Cups' here: https://soundcloud.com/wirehq/wire-diamonds-in-cups

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.

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. 

Silver/Lead track list:
1. Playing Harp For The Fishes
2. Short Elevated Period (stream)
3. Diamonds in Cups (stream)
4. Forever & A Day
5. An Alibi
6. Sonic Lens
7. This Time
8. Brio
9. Sleep On The Wing
10. Silver/Lead

Live dates:
 
DRILL : LA
30th March-2nd April 2017 at the Echo & Echoplex, LA 
WIRE * Bob Mould * Julia Holter * Mild High Club, * Laetitia Sadier  * FITTED (Bob Lee, Graham Lewis, Matthew Simms, Mike Watt) * Part Time Punks * HowardAmb, * Once and Future Band * Chasms * Noveller * Immersion * Slows * The pinkflag Guitar Orchestra & more to be announced.
 
DRILL : LEEDS
21st-23rd April 2017 in and around the Brudenell Social Club, Leeds

WIRE * Shobaleader 1 * Bilge Pump * Nanna * Azores * Richard Formby * Immersion * Slows * Nope *
Golden Meat + The pinkflag Guitar Orchestra & many more to be announced.


DRILL : BERLIN 
7th May 2017 at the Volksbühne Theatre, Berlin
WIRE * Automat * Camera * Tarwater * Cummi Flue * The pinkflag Guitar Orchestra + DJs
 
DRILL : BXL
13th May 2017 at the Ancien Belgique, Brussels

WIRE * Blanck Mass * Dans Dans * Raime * Paper Hats * Onrust * Delvaux * The Fly * The pinkflag Guitar Orchestra
 
In addition to the DRILL events, the band have announced a number of regular concerts including 2 nights at the newly refurbished Garage in London. Here’s the full list:
 
March
15th READING (UK) Sub89
28th PHOENIX (USA) Crescent Ballroom
29th SAN DIEGO (USA) Casbah
30th -1st April LOS ANGELES (USA) DRILL : LA
April
3rd SAN FRANCISCO (USA) Slims
7th VANCOUVER (CANADA) Imperial Theatre
8th SEATTLE (USA) Crocodile
21-22nd LEEDS (UK) DRILL : LEEDS
May
4th LONDON (UK)  The Garage
5th LONDON (UK)  The Garage

7th BERLIN (DE) DRILL : BERLIN
9th COPENHAGEN (DK) Loppen
11th UTRECHT (NL) De Helling
12th PARIS (F) La Moroquinerie
13th BRUSSELS (B) DRILL: BXL

Links:
www.drillfestival.com
WIRE press shot
Short Elevated Period on Soundcloud
Wire Facebook
Wire Twitter
Wire website

For more information please contact frankie@stereosanctity.co.uk

March 1, 2017 6:43am ET by Stereo Sanctity  

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