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Cat: PF 27LP. Rel: 16 May 22
Indie/Alternative

Side 1 - Track 1. Oh No Not So (Save The Bullet) (4th demo)Side 1 - Track 2. Culture Vultures (4th demo)Side 1 - Track 3. It's The Motive (4th demo)Side 1 - Track 4. Love Ain't Polite (4th demo)Side 1 - Track 5. French Film (Blurred) (4th demo)Side 1 - Track 6. Underwater Experiences (4th demo)Side 1 - Track 7. Stalemate (4th demo)Side 1 - Track 8. Options R (5th demo)Side 1 - Track 9. Indirect Inquiries V1 (5th demo)Side 1 - Track 10. Chairs Missing (Used To) (5th demo)Side 2 - Track 1. Being Sucked In Again (5th demo)Side 2 - Track 2. Ignorance No Plea (I Should Have Known Better) (6th demo)Side 2 - Track 3. Once Is Enough (6th demo)Side 2 - Track 4. The Other Window (6th demo)Side 2 - Track 5. Stepping Off Too Quick (Not About To Die) (6th demo)Side 2 - Track 6. On Returning (6th demo)Side 2 - Track 7. Former Airline (6th demo)Side 2 - Track 8. People In A Room (6th demo)

One of history's prominent art punk, post punk, experimental and alternative rock groups, at least one Wire record should sit on everyone's shelf, their richly detailed and deeply atmospheric sound helping lay foundations not just for all the outfits that have picked up the mantel and took the aforementioned styles forward, but also genres such as noise and drone. There really is just so much going on in the often chaotic crescendos and pared back moments alike.

As the title suggests, Not About To Die takes early studio demos from the crew and also correctly makes it clear that, when all these were recorded, the troupe still had decades of creative output ahead of them and weren't going anywhere. That said, by the end of the decade they would disband, before regrouping again, disbanding again, and regrouping. Those details aside, dive in and soak up the unbridled and unapologetic raw creativity at play here.