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Read & Burn 02
Rock · 2002 · 6 tracks

Read & Burn 02

Wire

Aggressive, digitally-sharpened post-punk that trades silence for a wall of overdriven sound. Clinical, heavy, and relentlessly modern.

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It's like Wire decided to stop being polite and started using their guitars as power tools.

A relentless, clinical aggression that feels both highly disciplined and dangerously overdriven.

Read & Burn 02 · vs · Wire
Aggressive+3.0σ

Aggressive saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks
01
Read and Burn
2:36
02
Spent
4:43
03
Trash/Treasure
5:08
04
Nice Streets Above
2:50
05
Raft Ants
2:05
06
99.9
7:42
Moments Worth Waiting For
The relentless, mechanical chug of 'Raft Ants' that feels like a machine coming to life.
The way '99.9' stretches into a hypnotic, seven-minute exercise in tension and electronic pulse.
The sudden, jarring entry of the guitar on the title track that resets the listener's heart rate.
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