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- Summary: The 40th anniversary for British post-punk band brings its 15th studio release that was partly recorded in Wales.
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- Record Label: Pink Flag
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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| Sinless from Venus, Mars' father's sun Steals from the shadows when the day has begun Grow with good fortune, shrug off despair The path that is... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Mar 31, 2017The fact that they’ve been cranking out albums as good as this for nearly half a century is a legacy worth appreciating for a really long time.
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Mar 31, 2017Silver/Lead is an exhibition in restraint whose brilliant corners and burrowing phrases reward both the keen ear and repeated listen.
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Q MagazineMar 27, 2017Even now, few do it better than Wire. [May 2017, p.112]
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Apr 7, 2017As precise as ever yet oddly moving, Silver/Lead reaffirms that Wire are more like mercury, shape-shifting effortlessly while remaining true to the things that have always made them great.
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Apr 4, 2017There are a few spots on Silver/Lead where Wire succumbs to its own subtlety, as words empty and the tempos deflate toward flatness. But the group catches itself quickly, producing the album’s best track, “Sleep on the Wing.”
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Apr 5, 2017If the album’s second half falls off a bit due to the programming of consecutive slow burners, the orchestral layering we expect from the quartet is still there.
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Apr 4, 2017Nothing really stands out, and the songs that do--the catchy "Short Elevated Period," as well as the two musical highlights of the album, "This Time" and "Sleep on the Wing"--don't leave enough of an impression to be overly impressed by.
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May 11, 2018
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