Wire – “Cactused”

Wire – “Cactused”

Wire are still going strong after all these years. While there have been some breaks in the band’s 43-year career, the British post-punk band are about to release their seventeenth album. That’s a pretty good ratio! The band has just announced a new album, Mind Hive, the follow-up to 2017’s Silver/Lead — it’s due out in January.

Today, the band are sharing its lead single, “Cactused,” a knotty bit of techno-anxious ramble. “You better what your step/ You shouldn’t place your bets/ You may have played your hand/ You didn’t gauge demand,” goes the chorus, backed by a smooth cooing.

Listen below.

TRACKLIST:
01 “Be Like Them”
02 “Cactused”
03 “Primed And Ready”
04 “Off The Beach”
05 “Unrepentant”
06 “Shadows”
07 “Oklahoma”
08 “Hung”
09 “Humming”

Mind Hive is out 1/24 via pinkflag. Pre-order it here.

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