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10:20 is a glimpse into the working practice of the band and may perhaps give clues as to why Wire has retained such a singular identity through the years.
Building upon the foundation of Pink Flag, Wire flushed in a little more synth and keyboards to the mix while maintaining the short punk blasts they were known for.
The watermark for all post-punk roots music. This features the late Jeffrey Lee Pierce's swamped-out brand of roiling rock, swaggerific hell-bound blues, and gothic country.
Released as an illegal bootleg back in the early 1980s, Not About To Die were recordings made for EMI as demos for the 1978 and 1979 albums Chairs Missing and 154. Now Wire has chosen to release the album on their own Pinkflag imprint.
This aggressive collection draws from California's rich history of punk, more specifically hardcore: a new sound that eschewed melody for intensity, a sound that took punk harder and faster, a sound intrinsically
Combining the run of early singles with more obscure later period tracks underlines the strength and depth that Wire had. Previously released as 7" box set, this Record Store Day 2025 release is the first time for most tracks on LP.
This new expanded version also contains the 1990 additional classic singles “A Girl Doesn't Get Killed By A Make-Believe Lover... 'Cuz It's Hot”, and “A Daisy Chain 4 Satan”.
Produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Snail Mail) along with the New York-based siblings, Daniel, David and Julia, Bailen's second album beats with empathy, vulnerability, and resolve.