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Bad Signs

by Wires

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Bad Signs 03:36
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2.
Autumn Sun 03:24
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3.
Had Enough 03:19
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4.
Emotional Blackmail 04:12
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Heart, I know 03:09
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about

"Bad Signs" is the second EP from Wires, featuring five new snarling indie guitar pop anthems about reluctant hearts, the boarded-up corners of the human soul and the five-seconds-to-midnight outlook for the human race.

With legendary Australian producer, Paul McKercher (You Am I, Augie March, Andy Bull) at the helm, the band eschewed more modern recording techniques by rehearsing like crazy and tracking the songs live through a vintage Neve 80 series desk at Oceanic Studios in Sydney.

Dave Grohl would have nodded sagely in approval.

"In the current age of laptop producers and auto-tuned pop stars, there's a danger that the performance aspect of recorded music is being lost. We grew up listening to great indie guitar bands, guys who could really play. They're our biggest influence and we wanted to be true to that heritage" explains lead singer and main songwriter, Ed McGuire.

"Theme wise, it's an EP largely about fear", says Ed, "About how it can creep into every aspect of your life, if you let it, and start to take over. Fear of letting go, fear of being hurt, fear of not being good enough, fear of the future. The first, and best way to tackle fear though, is to recognise it's there. To name it. That's what this EP was about for me, letting the light in on those particular demons, and letting them go."

Release should be a cathartic and euphoric experience, however, and ultimately, that's what this EP sounds like: five little victories.

credits

released September 14, 2013

Matty Woods – Drums
Jason 'Kasper' Kiely – Bass guitar, BVs and percussion
Ed McGuire – Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic & electric piano, synths & programming
Brian Crouch – Lead guitar, acoustic & electric piano, Hammond & Farfisa organ, synths & programming


Engineered and Produced by Paul McKercher at Oceanic Studios and Alberts Studios, Sydney, Australia
Assistant engineers: Ben Counsel (at Oceanic), Jackson Barclay (at The Grove).
Mixed by Paul McKercher at The Grove, Sydney, Australia
Mastered by Pete Maher, London, UK

Photography by Dale Alexander Bremner
Design by Evatt Robinson

A huge thanks also to Wayne Connolly, Luke Cleland, Michael Szumowski and Rhys Melbourne.

All songs written by Ed McGuire and performed by Wires

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Wires IB, Spain

Wires is the moniker of Mallorca based, Scottish singer songwriter, Ed McGuire

He writes modern, snarling, indie guitar pop anthems.

Wires connect things. They transfer energy. They join us and bring us closer to each other. ... more

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