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This is a full length album documenting Wire's new phase. But if you have already bought the E.P.s Read and Burn 01 and 02 you may feel a bit cheated. More than half of Send has already been released on those CDs. There are only four new tracks. These include the fantastic sexy strut of ''Being Watched'', the drone rock of ''Mr Marx's Table'', and the paranoid melodrama of ''You Can't Leave Now'', which features bass so absurdly distorted you cant help but smile.
Sometimes the manic sound does overwhelm the ideas. ''Nice Streets Above'' is alarming: a gang of Daleks doing a hyped up can-can. But it's too long and a bit empty.
But even with all these caveats this is still a great record. The punk satire of ''The Agfers of Kodack'' must be one of the best things they've ever done. And on ''Spent'' where Colin Newman barks like a sergeant major on speed over a classic groove, you just have to admire their guts. If a new band showed half as much energy and invention they would be hailed as the saviours of rock 'n' roll.
Detractors have claimed that Wire are deaf old men making an unsubtle racket. This reviewer is an old man whose hearing is going and I disagree: you have to rage against the dying of the light. And if you have to crank up the volume to rage properly, then so be it.
Rage on, Wire! --Nick Reynolds
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That's not to say that the Wire of old is absent. The band's trademark dugga-dugga-dugga riffs are present and correct, Colin Newman's vocals as deadpan and wry as ever - check out the hilarious "Comet" - and, as unlikely ever, his singing spikes the guitar noise with some sweeter melody.
"Send" is comprised of tracks taken from the previous "Read and Burn" EP's, as well as a few excellent new songs - the voyeuristic nightmare of "Being Watched", the sinister "You Can't Leave Now" and the hardcore dance stomp of "Half Eaten".
What could be an awkward half-step forward is in fact a powerful, in-your-face summary of one of Britain's most innovative bands delivering a sound kicking to fey indie-pop and punk nostalgia.
Good structures and good production. It sounds less than just that wall of rock of the Read & Burn 01 & 02. It's crystalized better.
As a matter of fact this 'Send' is Read & Burn 03, but since that one exists by now, I'll call it:
Read & Burn C. It consists of the new numbers:
2 Mr. Marx's Tables (very impressive; the best of the 3rd coming of Wire (III), imo)
3 Being Watched (pretty much very good, edging Wire II, with the balls of Wire I)
9 You Can't Leave Now (brilliant, and so much better than even Wire I, comparible with 154 texture)
10 Half Eaten (Instrumental, with full and edgy guitar soundsape a la Wire)
Have listened all night to The Scottish Play, the very energetic musicmachine of Wire, and now, the next morning, I am enjoying the full production and the control Wire have over their songs in 'Send'. Great direction in shining glory. Not much you can play after this Wire album that doesn't become stale or flaw. Wire sets the targets high. Great compelling compilation of Wire III. More full in sound than Wire I (1977-1980), not as slick as the more electronic poppy Wire II (1986 - 1990), Wire is perfectioning their music, but not falling into the trap of being overproduced again. Full energetic subtle powertool-music ! Just fabulous...
this is a return to those days in a sense, but never stay in those days develop..as wire have over the decades... Read more
It's ace!
Lovely & loud!
Buy it & impress your neighbours!
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