As they inch ever nearer to their 40th anniversary, Wire once more confirm that their 20/20 musical vision remains completely undiminished by the passage of time. Forever destined to be mentioned in the same breath as the phrase post-punk pioneers, with ‘Internal Exile’ the London-based quartet – original members Colin Newman, Graham Lewis and Robert Grey alongside relative newcomer Matthew Simms – yet again prove that there is always so much more to their creative being than just this simple epithet.
Taken from their forthcoming mini-album Nocturnal Koreans, ‘Internal Exile’ is one of eight tracks that comes from the same recording sessions as last year’s eponymous full release. Bathed in a reassuring balm of 80’s synth, as it moves ever onwards ‘Internal Exile’ finds itself punctuated by Simms’ delicate lap-steel guitar and some rather beautifully muted trumpet. Newman’s repeated refrain of the word “marching” merely adds to the song’s wonderfully deceptive momentum.
Nocturnal Koreans will be released on 29th April 2016 via pinkflag
