''Wire'' is the self-titled fourteenth studio album by British

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band

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. It was released on 13 April 2015 through the band's Pinkflag label.

Background

The material on the album is a combination of songs which were written and performed live on tour preceding the recording and material written by

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just prior to entering the studio. The band chose eleven songs out of nineteen they’d been preparing, and Newman has stated that the band will issue the remaining material in “… a second release, probably early next year.” Although he later confirmed that this material would be released in April 2016 as ''Read & Burn 04''., the subsequent album was instead entitled ''

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''. According to the band's official webpage for the release, ''Wire'' is the first time that guitarist Matthew Simms, who joined in 2012, was heavily involved in the creation of album material. Colin Newman said of Simms: "This is the first album where Matt's been involved in the whole process. It would be overstating to say that we're in a Renaissance, but we are definitely getting somewhere, and I think that Matt is very much part of that."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes. ;Wire *

– lead vocals,

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, baritone electric guitar , 7, 8, 11 acoustic guitar , 2, 8 keyboards,

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, mixing *

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–

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, high bass guitar

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, 4, 9, 10 keyboards bass fx vox pop * Robert Grey –

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* Matthew Simms – electric guitar, 12-string electric guitar , 3, 9 lap steel guitar , 6 keyboards , 2, 4, 6

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—6, 8—10 fx 1 loop ;Production *Sean Douglas – engineering (at Rockfield Studios and Brighton Electric) *

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– mastering *

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– art direction,

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