Song-oriented effort of one half of Dome (or a quarter of Wire, if you wish), quite poppish even if maintaining a nervous vision and some peculiar ideas.
The sound aged very badly, hence the low rating. Good stuff from Graham Lewis. This time without Bruce Gilbert (also from Wire) where he did make terrific experimental soundscapes with. With an industrial sphere. At the end of the late 70's both Gilbert and lewis wanted more experiment into the music. One can hear that on the extra 7" edition which came with 154. Newman and Gotobed looked after the poppier stuff and Gilbert & Lewis showed some interesting experimental drifts.
This is one of the reasons that I liked Turns & Strokes and Eyewitness and Documents so much. Wire were like a diversed labaratory and in a direction battle.
Strangely enough Graham Lewis appeared with more poppie sounds and songslike music. It surprised me and somehow disappointed me. I think that was one of the reasons that the second coming of Wire was made possible. Lewis and Newman weren't so much apart anymore in musicviews. Surprisingly enough Colin Newman appeared to be the writer of much of the 70's Wire songs. At the time (mid 80's) Wire got to poppy and slick for my liking.
But...listening to the soloprojects of Graham Lewis'He Said one could find lots of near future Wire in here. Somehow it all got together. With He Said Lewis shows that he's versatile and can make different kinds of spheres in music. He's a very interesting creative musician. It shows on Hail. And...do'nt forget to check out Pulling 3g's.
This is one of the reasons that I liked Turns & Strokes and Eyewitness and Documents so much. Wire were like a diversed labaratory and in a direction battle.
Strangely enough Graham Lewis appeared with more poppie sounds and songslike music. It surprised me and somehow disappointed me. I think that was one of the reasons that the second coming of Wire was made possible. Lewis and Newman weren't so much apart anymore in musicviews. Surprisingly enough Colin Newman appeared to be the writer of much of the 70's Wire songs. At the time (mid 80's) Wire got to poppy and slick for my liking.
But...listening to the soloprojects of Graham Lewis'He Said one could find lots of near future Wire in here. Somehow it all got together. With He Said Lewis shows that he's versatile and can make different kinds of spheres in music. He's a very interesting creative musician. It shows on Hail. And...do'nt forget to check out Pulling 3g's.
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