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Originally Posted by tomd2103
The interview I read was in Mojo, "He (NW) thinks they probably should have gone straight into 2010's similarly 'big and bombastic' Postcards From a Young Man but Bradfield wanted to make Journal For Plague Lovers which honoured Edwards' final cache of lyrics. 'That was a f@cking curveball' says Wire. 'Artistically we gained but commercially we threw people off the scent again."
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Speaks volumes doesn’t it? Wire was more interested in getting back the popularity that they intentionally threw away after TIMTTMY than in creating a genuinely brilliant piece of art/heartfelt tribute with JFPL. I honestly believe he had his head turned by their unexpected resurgence in popularity from SATT and has been chasing commercial relevance and approval ever since. He certainly doesn’t give a shit about social justice, collective action or speaking truth to power anymore.