Object 47
WIRE
Release Date: July 8
Producer(s): Wire
Label: Pink Flag
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It's been said before, but Wire's music has never sounded dated. More than 30 years on from the release of the seminal post-punk band's debut, "Object 47" is at once warmly familiar as Wire yet not a "return" to any particular sonic period in the group's convoluted history. Upbeat opener "One of Us" is as catchy a pop song as Wire's ever committed, seemingly marking a left turn from 2003's more esoteric, explosive album "Send." The pulsating "Mekon Headman" and entrancing head-nodder "Perspex Icon" keep the mood going, lacing sugary chorus hooks into propulsive rock rhythms. There's some hard stuff here too—menacing closer "All Fours," for example—but certainly nothing that makes the band sound out of touch, unoriginal or old. It's vital, quintessential Wire. In 2008, no less. —Troy Carpenter


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