Wire in Madrid. Pink Flag is back!

Wire returns to Spain with two dates. On the 17^th they will be in Madrid with their best stuff in the room Moby Dick Club, more than 30 years after its inception in London in 1976. Despite the controversy, their dissolution and return in the 80´s, and this new return, Wire experiences to board a pop that paralyzes and draws, just ask the modern posh boy, he knows about Wire. And the thing is that you would not believe how much is due to Colin Newman and company. Just ask Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, all that now “fresh” Nu-rock sound which I spoke about the other day. But go back to the flirt origins; do not stay with the trash radio sells you.

Born from the second outbreak of punk, Made in London, I say, because everybody knows they were Ramones in NYC that started everything, but hey, the fact is that Wire were able to bring with their first three albums, “Pink Flag”, “Chairs Missing”  and “154″,  intensity and minimal repetition of the first punk to richer sounds, coated with layers of guitar, effects and synthesizers; a stylized paw of nihilistic violence, hidden in intimate rhythms by light moments, it makes me thing of the result of the shadow of conspicuous trio Bowie-Eno-Fripp and theri trilogy. How come you do not know them either? Have you no shame? Pfffff…

Wire´s influence has extended over two decades: REM, My Bloody Valentine, Fischerspooner, Minor Threat, Guided by Voices, and how forgetting the trial with witch Elastica for the copy of “Three Girl Rumba” in its hit “Connection”. But beyond the fast and catchy choruses from the darkness, Wire was a key sample in terms of production for bands of the late 70´s, from basic but radical elements, curiosity and attitude, they carry the best of punk, with some situationism to an always thirsty youth for something better and darker. Hence their validity. See Post-Punk.

SISTER RAY

So I insist, babe, do not let this February pass without renting apartments in Madrid and go see Wire all dressed in black and dance alone, in the dark no one will know your true intentions.?

Translated by: salome antigone