The 1985 Listening Post - Wire Train - Between Two Worlds

Wire Train - Between Two Worlds

#60

1985 Housekeeping 

Wire Train

Between Two Words

Genre: Alternative

4 out of 5

Highlights:

Last Perfect Thing

Skills of Summer

Love Love

The 80s are changing. But also staying the same. Swirling, U2 adoring, guitar rock with echoey drums are de rigueur complete with American singers trying to sound as British as possible. 

I loved 83’s In A Chamber and this is more of that jangly anthem sound. Even bringing an old Bob Dylan track “God On Our Side” to the era, in a way that probably had Mike Peters going, “huh. Shoulda done that.”

It gets a bit murky by the end, like they had one gear and couldn’t get out of it. It’s not, not in the least, I’m on the Wire Train train but In a Chamber is just a bit better. Although I bet, if he wanted to, Peters could’ve had a legal case over “Two Persons” as it sounds more like The Alarm than the Alarm does. And that song is excellent, btw. 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/between-two-words/1002527537

The 1983 Listening Post - Wire Train - In a Chamber

Wire Train - In a Chamber

#245

1983

Wire Train

In a Chamber

4.25 out of 5

Highlights:

I’ll Do You

I Forget It All When I See You

Chamber of Hellos

Where did these guys go? How do we not know of them? How were they not played on every 80s revival show? 

This melodic dream pop was all the vogue at the time and they actually seem to know how to hit all the right notes. I prefer this to a lot of what stuck and hit the charts. The Brooklyn band Nightmare of You probably heard this record a few times before they recorded their excellent 2005 debut album. “I Forget it All” is Modern English’s “I Melt With You” but I’m bored of that song now, so this is a great replacement. 

Side Note: A bunch fo these guys would back up Sheryl Crown with some as part of the Tuesday Night Music Club

I don’t think there’s been an American band who sounds more British from this era. 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-a-chamber-expanded-edition/1357865170