Pink Flag was “perhaps the most original debut album to come out of the first wave of British punk” and also “recognizable, yet simultaneously quite unlike anything that preceded it. Pink Flag‘s enduring influence pops up in Hardcore Post Punk Alternative Rock and even Britpop, and it still remains a fresh, invigorating listen today: a fascinating, highly inventive rethinking of punk rock. The albums a brilliant 21-song suite. It’s a brief, intense explosions of attitude and energy, the band coming up with a collection of unforgettable tunes
Who says you don’t learn anything from art school?, Tell that to Colin Newman and see how long it takes you to get a fist to the face or a mouthful to the ear. As singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the band Wire, the art-school graduate opted for the six-string over his easel, but he didn’t stop painting. The wildly subversive “Pink Flag” album suggests, his art was in taking a minimalist approach to punk rock and hitting the genre with broader strokes. Like his contemporaries, there’s volume to his sound and angst to his songs, but it’s splattered across every facet to the music in wildly unpredictable ways. That’s why you can leap from the crunchy pop of “Ex Lion Tamer” toward the plodding psychedelia of “Strange” and over to the doo wop bliss of “Mannequin”. Basically, you never get the sense that they’re leaning on any one thing in particular, and that’s one of the many distinctions of post-punk.
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- Wire are
- Bruce Gilbert – guitar, sleeve concept
- Robert Gotobed – drums
- Graham Lewis – bass guitar, sleeve concept
- Colin Newman – vocals, guitar on “Lowdown” and “Strange”
The Fat Angel Sings 