WIRE: 154 Vinyl LP Licensed Merch Armaggedon Man

Armaggedon Man

Author Hugh Hodges presents the era's social and political landscape through a series of "mixtapes" or playlists

its unique musical and visual aesthetics

Label: Animal Records (Original) / Drastic Plastic / Blixa Sounds

Produced by Bob Ezrin and Deftones

WIRE: 154 Vinyl LP Licensed Merch Armaggedon ManWire's third album in three years and the one where they stopped sounding like anyone but themselves. 154 (1979) takes the angular minimalism of Pink Flag and the textured expansion of Chairs Missing and pushes further into electronic atmosphere, found sound, and structural strangeness. Named for the number of shows the band played that year, it's a record that documents a band actively dismantling its own formula. "The 15th" and "Map Ref. 41N 93W"