Also a lovely record! "Don't Bring Reminders" is a fave of mine throughout his solo career. I love that period where post-Wire stuff was on 4AD!
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Just trying Newman’s fourth solo album (“Commercial Suicide”, 1986). Was intrigued by this quote on the Wiki entry for it: "prefigure[s] [...] the deconstructed symphonic pop done so well by Blur." (I love Blur. They got me into Wire in 1994.)
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That's amazing! I've seen Blur ONCE (touring for Parklife) and they were effing fantastic. I also have a soft spot for the Leisure record. Funnily enough, and related (!), I first heard of Wire because of, yes, Elastica 😁 but they made me seek out Three Girl Rhumba (and still love that debut!)
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Totally envious you saw Blur touring “Parklife”. I love that album so much. I love their first six. My favourite band of the 90s. I loved early Elastica too (‘Stutter’ as best debut single ever?) I think the first time I heard Wire was REM’s version of ‘Strange’ on “Document”.
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