Object 47

'Object 47' (the 47th object in their discography) is only Wire's eleventh studio album. It is the second product of an arc of work that began in 2006 and it has so far yielded the rather well-received EP 'Read and Burn 03' (from which no tracks appear on 'Object 47'), and stands as a confident statement of where Wire is in 2008 - as ever, looking forward!

While retaining Wire's idiosyncratic mix of an avant-garde mindset with classic pop timing, this album boasts "tunes with zoom", a unique formula that somehow manages to sound wholly Wire (in a classic sense) & wholly contemporary.

"The serrated serenades of 'Object 47' offer all the compact joys of past Wire classics like 154 and 'Chairs MIssing', but amplified & digitized for the internet age."
-ALTERNATIVE PRESS

"[T]he youthful energy, wit and vigour that buoys the likes of "One of Us" and "All Fours" ads up to far more than simple new wave nostalgia."
-Q