Mind Hive

Mind Hive is the seventeenth studio album from English art punk band Wire, released on 24 January 2020.[3] The release was preceded by a music video for "Cactused" made up of clips from the forthcoming documentary People in a Film[4] and streaming audio for "Primed and Ready".[5] They also announced a brief tour of North America to promote the recording.[5]

Mind Hive
Studio album by
Wire
Released24 January 2020 (2020-01-24)
Recorded2019
Studio
  • Rockfield Studios
  • Swim Studios
Genre
Length34:52
LabelPinkflag
Wire chronology
Silver/Lead
(2017)		 Mind Hive
(2020)		 10:20
(2020)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7/10[6]
Metacritic84/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
DIY[9]
The Guardian[10]
PopMatters[2]
Rolling Stone[1]

Mind Hive received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 84 out of 100, based on 10 reviews.[7] Review aggregator AnyDecentMusic? assess the critical consensus as a 7.7 out of 10.[6] Brooklyn Vegan praised the album saying Wire "have honed a sound that pulls from all periods of the band."[11] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian gave the album four out of five stars and said, "If Mind Hive were the debut by a hot new band, you suspect what's left of the music press would be doing their nut over it."[10]

Accolades
Accolades for Mind Hive
Issuer Listing Rank
Rough Trade[12] Albums of the Year 2020 85

Track listing

All songs written by Colin Newman, except "Oklahoma" by Graham Lewis. All lyrics by Graham Lewis, except "Cactused" and "Unrepentant" by Colin Newman.

  1. "Be Like Them" – 3:51
  2. "Cactused" – 3:35
  3. "Primed and Ready" – 2:44
  4. "Off the Beach" – 2:23
  5. "Unrepentant" – 5:01
  6. "Shadows" – 2:46
  7. "Oklahoma" – 3:08
  8. "Hung" – 7:54
  9. "Humming" – 3:30

Personnel

Wire

  • 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"

Additional personnel

  • Sean Douglas – organ on "Humming"
  • Harald Pettersson – hurdy gurdy on "Oklahoma"
  • Skye Mastering – mastering

Charts
Sales chart performance for Mind Hive
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 155
Scottish Albums (OCC)[14] 22
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 82

See also

References
  1. Grow, Kory (24 January 2020). "Wire Narrate Dark Times Over Art-Punk Maximalism on Mind Hive". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. Griffiths, Peter (24 January 2020). "Wire's Mind Hive Shows the Post-Punk Band at Their Inimitable Best". PopMatters. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  3. Ruiz, Matthew Ismael (22 October 2019). "Wire Announce New Album Mind Hive, Share New Song 'Cactused'". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. Eede, Christian (22 October 2019). "Wire Announce New Album, Mind Hive". The Quietus. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  5. Grow, Kory (8 January 2020). "Hear Wire's New-Wavey Song 'Primed and Ready'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  6. "Mind Hive by Wire Reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  7. "Mind Hive by Wire Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  8. Phares, Heather. "Mind Hive". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  9. Doherty, Jack (24 January 2020). "Wire – Mind Hive". DIY. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  10. Petridis, Alexis (24 January 2020). "Wire: Mind Hive Review – Sinewy, Stripped-Back, Fearful – and Beautiful". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  11. Pearis, Bill (24 January 2020). "Bill's Indie Basement (1/24): The Week in Classic Indie, College Rock, and More". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  12. "Albums of the Year 2020". Rough Trade. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  13. "Ultratop.be – Wire – Mind Hive" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  14. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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