WIRE

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Since their formation in London in 1976, the members of Wire have maintained and advanced a musical project which treats the creative potential of a rock band as a fluid, amorphous medium. As removed from self-conscious intellectualism as they are from the inherent conservatism of much rock music, Wire employ their unique, endlessly restless and risk-taking creativity to question every aspect of songwriting, recording and performance. They delight and disturb in equal measure, troubleshooting the circuitry of perfect pop, or patrolling the limits of focused experimentalism. In terms of working together as Wire, the group's members disbanded in 1980, reformed in 1985, disbanded in 1992 and reformed for the second time in 2000. Such sabbaticals from their career as Wire have served to sharpen the group's edge and focus, updating the tactics with which they pursue this shared project.

Now 2013 a reinvigorated, stronger Wire (now with Simms as a permanent band member) exploring material from its first phase and transcending the beginnings of those pieces. The resulting album, Change Becomes Us, is a mesmerising, intense journey, both Wire's latest album and the 'missing' fourth, propelling the band towards new and unexplored territory.