On January 24, 2020, “Pinkflag” label released “Mind Hive”, the seventeenth Wire studio album. It was recorded 2018 – 2019, at “Rockfield Studios” in Rockfield, Wales, “Swim Studios” in London, and was produced by Colin Newman.

Personnel:

• Colin Newman – lead vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, tenor guitar, keyboards, stylophone, mixing
• Matthew Simms – guitar, synths, organ, effects, additional engineering
• Graham Lewis – lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, synthesizer, effects
• Robert Grey – drums, cymbals
• Sean Douglas – organ, engineer
• Harald Pettersson – hurdy gurdy
• Denis Blackham – mastering
• Jon Wozencroft – art direction, photography

Track listing:

1. Be Like Them
2. Cactused
3. Primed and Ready
4. Off the Beach
5. Unrepentant
6. Shadows
7. Oklahoma
8. Hung
9. Humming