U.K. post-punk legends Wire have offered up a second taste of their upcoming 13th album Changes Becomes Us — which is due out March 25 — in the form of “Love Bends,” which, like the rest of the material on the new album, is part of the band’s “exploration of unrecorded material originally written in 1979-80.”
According to the band, the roots of “Love Bends” lie in the song “Piano Tuner,” which was performed in February 1980 and included on the 1981 live album Document and Eyewitness. Now the song has “morphed, improbably, into an irresistible, totally modern pop song.” Graham Lewis says: “It had to be turned into something else because it only really had one bit.”
You can download the track for free via Stereogum.
DOWNLOAD: Wire, “Love Bends”
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Stream: Wire, ‘Doubles & Trebles’ — first track off upcoming ‘Change Becomes Us’ LP
- Wire resurrects unrecorded material from 1979-80 for new album ‘Change Becomes Us’
- Stream: Wire, ‘The Black Session – Paris 10 May 2011’ – live album out next week
- Wire to release ‘The Black Session – Paris 10 May 2011’ live album in February
It’s beautiful where Piano Tuner was bonkers.
This is such a great track! It really puts me in a good mood. LOVE WIRE!
great track..just been to download. thanks for the heads up
Why does almost every band now record things so compressed without any dynamics?