Post-punk legends Wire this week released their 13th studio album Changes Becomes Us, and instead of offering the increasingly popular pre-release stream, the band is going for post-release: the full album, billed as an “exploration of unrecorded material originally written in 1979-80,” is now streaming over at Pitchfork.
The band — featuring core members Colin Newman, Graham Lewis and Robert Grey. plus new guitarist Matt Simms — also announced seven U.S. concerts in July, beginning July 9 in Detroit and wrapping up July 19 with an appearance at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago; it’s not clear if more U.S. or North American concerts are yet to be announced (see dates below).
STREAM: Wire, Change Becomes Us
Wire tour dates:
July 9: Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
July 12: The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
July 13: Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
July 14: Black Cat, Washington, D.C.
July 16: Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
July 17: Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
July 19: Pitchfork Music Festival , Chicago, IL
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Free MP3: Wire, ‘Love Bends’ — reworked 1980 track off ‘Change Becomes Us’
- 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
Maybe this will inspire a new Elastica album!
Need. West. Coast. Shows. Specifically, San Francisco.