| Artist |
Wire |
| Album Title: |
Mind Hive |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Post-Punk |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
01/24/2020 |
| Label |
PinkFlag/Mutesong |
| Catalog No |
PF25CD |
| Bar Code No |
5 024545876024 |
| Packaging |
6 Panel Digipack |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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Be Like Them (3:52)
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| 2.
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Cactused (3:35)
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| 3.
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Primed And Ready (2:44)
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| 4.
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Off The Beach (2:23)
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| 5.
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Unrepentant (5:02)
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| 6.
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Shadows (2:46)
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| 7.
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Oklahoma (3:08)
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| 8.
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Hung (7:54)
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| 9.
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Humming (3:29)
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| Date Acquired |
03/03/2020 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
The Band At A Gig |
| Purchase Price |
15.00 |
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Notes |
Notes:
"Mind Hive" is the group’s first newly recorded material since 2017’s Silver/Lead.
℗ & © pinkflag 2020
Credits:
12-String Acoustic Guitar – Colin Newman (tracks: 4, 5)
Acoustic Guitar – Colin Newman (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 6)
Backing Vocals – Graham Lewis (tracks: 1, 2)
Bass – Graham Lewis
Cymbal – Robert Grey (tracks: 5)
Drums – Robert Grey (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 8)
Effects – Graham Lewis (tracks: 8), Matthew Simms (tracks: 8)
Electric Guitar – Matthew Simms
Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Mixed By – Colin Newman
Engineer – Sean Douglas
Engineer [Additional] – Matthew Simms
Hurdy Gurdy – Harald Pettersson (tracks: 7)
Lyrics By – Colin Newman (tracks: 2, 5), Graham Lewis (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6 to 9)
Mastered By – Denis Blackham
Music By – Wire
Organ – Matthew Simms (tracks: 9), Sean Douglas (tracks: 9)
Stylophone – Colin Newman (tracks: 8)
Synth – Matthew Simms (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8)
Synthesizer – Graham Lewis (tracks: 7)
Tenor Guitar – Colin Newman (tracks: 1, 5)
Vocals – Colin Newman (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9), Graham Lewis (tracks: 7, 9)
Written-By – Colin Newman (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9), Graham Lewis (tracks: 7)
Companies, Etc.:
Manufactured By – Optimal Media GmbH – AJ94124
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Pinkflag
Copyright © – Pinkflag
Published By – Pinkflag
Published By – Mute Song
Recorded At – Rockfield Studios
Recorded At – Swim Studio
Mixed At – Swim Studio
Mastered At – Skye Mastering
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode: 5 024545 876024
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): PF25CD AJ94124-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L577
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 9746
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): PF25CD AJ94124-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L577
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 9721
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Analyzed Folder: Wire - Mind Hive_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR7 -0.61 dB -8.96 dB 01 - Be Like Them.flac
DR6 -0.40 dB -8.46 dB 02 - Cactused.flac
DR7 -0.35 dB -9.35 dB 03 - Primed And Ready.flac
DR7 -0.29 dB -8.93 dB 04 - Off The Beach.flac
DR7 -0.65 dB -9.93 dB 05 - Unrepentant.flac
DR8 -0.71 dB -11.81 dB 06 - Shadows.flac
DR7 -0.57 dB -9.79 dB 07 - Oklahoma.flac
DR7 -0.53 dB -9.32 dB 08 - Hung.flac
DR8 -1.34 dB -11.89 dB 09 - Humming.flac
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Number of Files: 9
Official DR Value: DR7
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Heather Phares:
One of the great joys of Wire's music in the 2010s and beyond is how brilliantly they reinvent their enduring strengths in equally timeless and timely ways. On Mind Hive, the band's legendary skill at writing concise songs filled with layers of meaning comes to the fore. Even its title is compact yet complex, flipping a statement of shared knowledge -- and perhaps conformity -- into one of restless intelligence. Wire don't waste any of the album's terse 35 minutes; instead of the ruminative approach they took on Silver/Lead, they immediately spring into action. They're still unrivaled at capturing crisis points in their music: On "Be Like Them," Colin Newman's voice is chiseled to a fine point and backed by hammering riffs as he laments humanity's vicious, and violent, circles. Graham Lewis takes a more surreal approach with lyrics like "I admired your sexy hearse" on "Oklahoma," but the tension that runs through it is just as taut as it is on the hypnotic, nerve-wracking "Hung." Wire's time-tested flair for cloaking ominous moods in irresistible tunes shines on Mind Hive, particularly on a string of incisive pop songs in the vein of Chair's Missing. It's still thrilling to hear Newman proclaim "discard new litanies" over sparkling guitars and keyboards on "Cactused," and if the grinding groove of "Primed and Ready" sounds surprisingly upbeat, "Off the Beach"'s lilting melody and uneasy imagery ("CC cameras/Knives and hammers") reinforces the overall mood of justified paranoia. Later, when Wire revisits the more expansive style of albums such as Silver/Lead, it's just as purposeful as what came before. The deceptively serene glide of "Unrepentant" offers a breather from the album's forceful beginnings and ushers in its brooding second half, which is exemplified by "Shadows." A glimpse of an atrocity that could have happened decades ago -- or could be yet to occur -- it's a harrowing, masterful example of Wire's eloquence when it comes to history repeating itself. Crucially, when they touch on their own past, it never, ever sounds complacent (of course, it never sounded complacent back then, either). The issues Wire grapple with are evergreen, and as they persevere in the face of stupidity and apathy, Mind Hive's unflinching, poetic songs prove maturity is a weapon they wield just as deftly as outrage.
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