XTC - Drums And Wires LP

Drums And Wires is XTC’s breakthrough third album and one of the defining records of late-70s British new wave. Stripping back the raw punk energy of their early work and introducing tighter songwriting and sharper production, the album marked a major creative leap for the band.

Driven by crisp rhythms, angular guitars and inventive arrangements, Drums And Wires balances urgency with melodic sophistication. Songs such as Making Plans for Nigel, Life Begins at the Hop and Helicopter highlight XTC’s growing confidence as pop craftsmen with a distinctly intelligent edge.

1 Making Plans For Nigel
2 Helicopter
3 Day In Day Out
4 When You're Near Me
I Have Difficulty
5 Ten Feet Tall
6 Roads Girdle the Globe
7 Real By Reel
8 Millions
9 That Is The Way
10 Outside World
11 Scissor Man
12 Complicated Game