Released 22 April 2016 Nocturnal Koreans
(2016) Silver/Lead
(2017) Release date 22 April 2016 Label Pinkflag | Length 25:55 Artist Wire Genre Punk | |
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Recorded 2014-2015 at Rockfield Studios outside Rockfield, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK; Brighton Electric, Brighton, England, UK; Swim studio, London, England, UK Similar Change Becomes Us, Pink Flag, Red Barked Tree, Object 47, Document and Eyewitness | ||
Nocturnal Koreans is the fifteenth studio album by British post-punk band Wire. It was released on 22 April 2016.
Contents
Background
The album grew out of tracks initially recorded for Wire’s self-titled 2015 album. At that time, the band had recorded a total of 19 tracks, 11 of which were selected for WIRE.
In a press release for the album, however, guitarist and singer Colin Newman, drew a distinction between the material selected for WIRE and that for Nocturnal Koreans: “The WIRE album was quite respectful of the band, and Nocturnal Koreans is less respectful of the band—or, more accurately, it’s the band being less respectful to itself—in that it’s more created in the studio, rather than recorded basically as the band played it, which was mostly the case with WIRE. A general rule for this record was: any trickery is fair game, if it makes it sound better.”
Accolades
On 21 April 2016, Stereogum named Nocturnal Koreans their album of the week.
Track listing
All tracks written by Wire.
Personnel
Songs
1Nocturnal Koreans2:58
2Internal Exile3:30
3Dead Weight3:04