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Silver/ Lead - NEW ALBUMJan 23
Today we launched the NEW Wire album Silver/ Lead. You can stream the lead track 'Short Elevated Period' on NPR and our own soundcloud.
The album is available for pre-order from today. This time we are releasing it 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, brand new interviews and exclusive colour photographs as well as the CD itself. This format will be only produced in limited quantities but unlike The Change Becomes Us Special Edition with which it shares a format, it will be also available in selected independent record shops.
As with previous albums, anyone who orders the album on SE, vinyl or CD will get a copy of the digital version of on the day of release. That way you get to hear it even if the post is a little slow around your parts!
Here's the track-listing 01 Playing Harp For The Fishes 02 Short Elevated Period 03 Diamonds In Cups 04 Forever & A Day 05 An Alibi 06 Sonic Lens 07 This Time 08 Brio 09 Sleep On The Wing 10 Silver/ Lead
Watch this space for further announcements
Upcoming Wire gigs
- Nov 05: Beat Generator Live, Dundee, UK
- Nov 06:The Mash House, Edinburgh, UK
- Nov 08:The Globe,Cardiff, UK
- Nov 09: The Bullingdon, Oxford, UK
- Nov 10: Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth, UK
- Nov 12: Sonic City Festival, Kortrijk, Belgium
- Nov 13: Patronaat, Haarlem, Netherlands
- Nov 30: SoLow Festival, Haifa, IL