Wire Pinkflag, 2017 Dinosaur punk bands are always a reluctant listen. Thankfully two of the original members of Wire remain, which can be problematic after decades pass since their first release, in this case Pink Flag in 1977. First off, I'm happy their guitar tone hasn't been victim to the technologies of the 80's and 90's, peavy amps, fender squires, and orange boss distortion pedals. You can see a bit of the "alternative" rock sound, with a bunch of reverb reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine. So actually they have aged well. The vocals are a bit low pitched in comparison. The vocals on this album are almost fitting for a progressive rock group, like King Crimson or Brian Eno. Not necessarily a bad thing, the John Lydon thing gets tiresome if you pass the age of 40. When the guitars go into the chorus laden dream pop realm, I start wondering if I'm listening to Blue Man Group. At least they're doing a lot better than Alice Cooper