Tune of the Week: Stalemate
In their first iteration, Wire were constantly moving forward. From their 1977 punk debut, “Pink Flag”, to 1979’s art-rock masterpiece “154” the band was evolving at a dizzying pace. Their songwriting and production became more and more avant-garde and artistically adventurous. Their demos, however, still sounded like the tight four piece punk band they started out as. Here is a little ditty from the round of tunes that would become their second album, “Chairs Missing”. Story has it that once they wrote the album’s opener “Practice Makes Perfect” slight songs such as this did not seem relevant or interesting enough to make the cut. Hindsight shows that even sub-par Wire material in the 70s was still damn good!