Object 47

in the 5 years since the release of their last album 'send', wire have expounded, reviewed, contracted, lain dormant, recovered, expanded and through all that have shed an old skin and grown a new one. 'object 47' - the 47th physical object in wire's discography - is nonetheless only the group's 11th studio album. it is the second product of an arc of work begun in 2006 which has so far thrown up the very well received ep 'read and burn 03' ep (from which no tracks appear on 'object 47') and stands as a confident statement of where wire are in 2008, as ever facing forward. retaining their characteristically idiosyncratic mix of an avant-garde mindset with classic pop timing, 'object 47' is less angular and startlingly explosive than the output of the 'send' period, heading in a comparatively more melodic direction, yet still dedicated to an innovative and uncompromised approach.