Mind Hive

Rolling Stone reviews Wire's new album, 'Mind Hive.'

Youngsters take note, the past can be your friend.

One of the great joys of Wire's music in the 2010s and beyond is how brilliantly they reinvent their enduring strengths in equally timeless and timely ways.

With expected political themes that seek to compliment the record, rather than over-compensate, and masterful use of synths and guitars, Wire’s last offering, Mind Hive continues the band’s ability to push the boundaries of rock, post-punk and punk.

‘No Love Lost’ sums up the band politics in Wire so accurately, you would be forgiven for thinking it’s their song. “It can be

Wire treat successes and failures just the same – and here they are with Mind Hive, their seventeenth LP, a full-fat hooky pop album. Really.

Even on their debut, Pink Flag, Wire were winking at their constant rejection of nostalgia.

<strong>(Pink Flag)</strong><br>The band have added taut melodies, lush electronics and lyrics of prickling anxiety to the distorted guitar chaos: this is such a good album