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What's admirable about original art-punks Wire is not that they're still going after more than 30 years but that they rarely stoop to playing the nostalgia card. Their 12th album, and second since the departure of founder member Bruce Gilbert in 2004, also sees the core trio somewhat reinvigorated, discarding their electronic sound in favour of a bracing guitar-based tack. The acerbic declaration on "Two Minutes" that "coffee is not a replacement for food or happiness" suggests they've remembered what it is they do best: look askance at the modern world while making a clever racket.
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