Wire prep Object 47
Acclaimed British post punk band Wire have announced details for their eleventh studio album - and first in nearly five years. Entitled Object 47, a reference to its number in the band’s discography, the nine track album will be released on July 7.
The band will also release the album’s first track, “One of Us,” prior to the album release date for free via their website.
“It is the 2nd product of an arc of work began in 2006 which has so far thrown up the rather well received EP Read And Burn 03 (from which no tracks appear) and stands as a confident statement of where Wire are in 2008.”
“As ever looking forward! While retaining Wire’s idiosyncratic mix of an avant-garde mindset with classic pop timing this album boasts “tunes with zoom” a unique formula that somehow manages to sound wholly Wire (in a classic sense) and wholly contemporary.”
Object 47 Tracklist:
1. ‘One of Us’
2. ‘Circumspect’
3. ‘Mekon Headman’
4. ‘Perspex Icon’
5. ‘Four Long Years’
6. ‘Hard Currency’
7. ‘Patient Flees’
8. ‘Are You Ready?’
9. ‘All Fours’
Wire also have a number of tour dates scheuled in support of the upcoming release, though as of now, the Brits have no current plans to visit the U.S…
The Wire 2008 Tour Dates:
05/30 - New York, NY @ Seaport Music Festival
06/27 - Calgary, AB @ Sled Island Festival
06/28 - Calgary, AB @ Sled Island Festival
07/04 - Zagreb, Croatia @ Rokaj Festival
07/05 - Venice, Italy @ Fiera della Musica
07/11 - Torino, Italy @ Traffic Free Festival
08/30 - London, England @ Offset Festival
How bout that. Two shows at Sled Island. Same with Yo La Tengo. They are playing an acoustic carrer retospective and Q&A. Then a mainstage show.
May 24th, 2008 at 11:59 am
[...] support of their upcoming release of Object 47, Wire has made the album’s first track, “One Of Us,” available for free via their [...]