Wire's 'Pink Flag': Rewiring Punk's Foundations

This episode unpacks Wire’s 1977 debut album *Pink Flag*—its minimalist, fragmented songwriting, sharp production by Mike Thorne at Advision Studios, and the way it shifted punk toward post‑punk territory. We also explore Harvest Records’ limited pressings that fed an underground network and how the record influenced later bands such as Blur and The Smiths.

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