Wir (Wire) - Vien+

Facts Following the departure of Wire drummer Robert Gotobed in 1990, WIR rose from the ashes. The British post-punk band was formed to fulfill the final phase of Wire's contract with Mute Records. A more sequencer-driven sound, WIR breaks all of its own rules by creating a new sparse electronic music with Graham Lewis on vocals, and even cannibalizes its own catalog by sometimes sampling its older material. Wir was not a long-term project, though. Apart from completing their only album, their only other activity was a very small number of gigs as conceptual happenings under the name I Saw You. A Taylor Swift-style re-recording of what is arguably their most pop-friendly moment. What's released here is based on how the band played live. Although it is instantly recognizable, it does not follow the arrangement of any previously released version.