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:
- Be Like Them
- Cactused
- Primed and Ready
- Off the Beach
- Unrepentant
- Shadows
- Oklahoma
- Hung
- Humming
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