Wire Announce Seventeenth Studio Album, “Mind Hive”

The iconic London post-punk group will release the LP January 24 via their own label, pinkflag.
Wire Announce Seventeenth Studio Album, “Mind Hive”

The iconic London post-punk group will release the LP January 24 via their own label, pinkflag.

Words: Dean Brandt

photo by Fergus Kelly

October 22, 2019

Wire have been a pretty steady fixture in the post-punk scene for over forty years, and seem to show no sign of stopping. Today the group has announced their seventeenth studio album, Mind Hive, set to be released in early 2020 with the single “Cactused” giving a taste for what’s in store. 

Following last year’s reissue of their first three LPs, and the release of the well-received Silver/Lead LP one year prior, Mind Hive will precede the premiere of a career-spanning documentary on the band called People in a Film later in 2020. Catch the band on tour throughout the U.S. and U.K. between these two releases at the dates listed below the video.

Wire Tour Dates

January 27 – Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
January 28 – Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
January 29 – Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds
January 30 – Glasgow, UK @ G2 (The Garage)
January 31 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
February 1- Brighton, UK @ Chalk
March 3 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
March 4 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
March 6 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
March 7 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
March 9 –  Washington, DC @ Union Stage
March 10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
March 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 13 – Boston, MA @ Sinclair
March 14 – Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Centre
March 16 – Toronto, ON @ Great Hall
May 21 – London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall