Wire - Mind Hive (2020)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Wire - Mind Hive
"Be Like Them" – 3:51
"Cactused" – 3:35
"Primed and Ready" – 2:44
"Off the Beach" – 2:23
"Unrepentant" – 5:01
"Shadows" – 2:46
"Oklahoma" – 3:08
"Hung" – 7:54
"Humming" – 3:30
Wire Band Members / Musicians
Graham Lewis – bass guitar, backing vocals on "Be Like Them" and "Cactused", synthesizer on "Oklahoma", vocals on "Oklahoma" and "Humming"
Robert Grey – drums, cymbal on "Unrepentant"
Colin Newman – vocals, guitar; keyboards; acoustic guitar on "Be Like Them", "Off the Beach", "Unrepentant", and "Shadows"; 12-string acoustic guitar on "Off the Beach" and "Unrepentant"; effects on "Hung"; stylophone on "Hung"; tenor guitar on "Be Like Them" and "Unrepentant"
Matthew Simms – guitar; synths on "Be Like Them", "Primed and Ready", "Unrepentant", "Oklahoma", and "Hung"; effects on "Hung"; organ on "Humming"
Sean Douglas – organ on "Humming"
Harald Pettersson – hurdy gurdy on "Oklahoma"
Skye Mastering – mastering
Mind Hive is the 17th studio album from English art punk band Wire, released on 24 January 2020. The release was preceded by a music video for "Cactused" made up of clips from the forthcoming documentary People in a Film and streaming audio for "Primed and Ready". They also announced a brief tour of North America to promote the recording.
