Wire "Nine Sevens" (RSD 2025) COLOR:(/1200) working alongside son Cody Carpenter

working alongside son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies

The aspiring cartoonist's playful

” “Plastic”)

originally released in 2002 but long out-of-print

‘Cupid’s Chokehold’ became the band’s first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 2007

Wire "Nine Sevens" (RSD 2025) COLOR:(/1200) working alongside son Cody CarpenterCombining the run of early singles with more obscure later period tracks underlines the strength and depth that Wire had. This is pop art as art pop and an exploration of the blank canvas of pop culture and how far that canvas can be stretched, going from three minute constructs to ambient washes. The 7 single was always the ultimate artefact and statement, with the A side being the band momentarily paused in time and distilled and freeze framed into