Post-punk pioneers, Wire have announced details of their 11th studio album, โ€œObject 47โ€.

The new album sees a return to the core writing partnership responsible for the seminal 1977 release, โ€œPink Flagโ€ and is due to go on sale later this year.

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Speaking exclusively to Uncut.co.uk, Wireโ€™s Colin Newman the new album is โ€œpart of an arc of work begun in 2006โ€ is very different to their previous studio offering.

Newman says: With Wire people normally expect the unexpected ๐Ÿ™‚ You can surmise from that information that this is very different to the last album โ€œSendโ€. Obviously people will have their own take on โ€œObject 47โ€ but Iโ€™m very excited about how this one will be received. I think itโ€™s a very confident statement about where Wire is right now! My gut feeling is that Wire fans are going to like it a lot.

He adds: โ€œObject 47โ€ was produced in the same way that all pinkflag studio releases are produced. Assembled โ€œIn houseโ€ in my studio (see www.colinewman.com/studio.html for a list of all productions that have passed through this studio) neither Wire or myself have used an outside producer in years!

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A track from the album will soon be available to download, check back to www.www.uncut.co.uk for details.

The full Object 47 tracklisting is:

One Of Us

Circumspect

Mekon Headman

Perspex Icon

Four Long Years

Hard Currency

Patient Flees

Are You Ready?

All Fours

The band are also about to embark on a European tour with a confirmed UK date at Manchesterโ€™s Futuresonic Festival on May 3 and news of a London show expected to be confirmed soon.

The full Wire tour dates are:

Belgium, Leuven, Stuk (April 29)

Netherlands, Utrecht, Ekko (30)

Belgium, Diksmuide, 4AD (May 1)

Netherlands, Zwolle, Hedon (2)

Manchester, Futuresonic Festival (3)

France, Lyon, Nuits Sonores Festival (7)

Canada, Calgary, Sled Island Festival (June 27, 28)

For more information see the bandโ€™s website www.pinkflag.com