WIRE / NINE SEVENS 2LP emo California’s Jawbreaker was comprised of

California’s Jawbreaker was comprised of Blake Schwarzenbach (guitar and vocals)

After its first release in plain or hand-decorated covers in 1976

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enthusiasm-packed

Ernesto left the group and emigrated to Paris in 1968 to record his first few singles arranged by Manu Dibango and influenced by Soul

WIRE / NINE SEVENS 2LP emo California’s Jawbreaker was comprised ofCombining the run of early singles with more obscure later period tracks underlines the strength in depth that Wire had. This is pop art as art pop and an exploration of the blank canvas of pop culture and how far that canvas can be stretched going from three minute constructs to ambient washes. The 7 single was always the ultimate artefact and statement with the A side being the band momentarily paused in time and distilled and freeze framed into the