Pink Flag LP fg_Catalog Number_SD15561 A Prelude to Sorrow isn’t

A Prelude to Sorrow isn’t big rainbows

pressed onto a 12” (previously released as a 10”)

Their matured sound included touches of soul

But it then entices you deeper within the rabbit hole

re-issued and pressed on yellow vinyl

Pink Flag LP fg_Catalog Number_SD15561 A Prelude to Sorrow isn’tWire's debut Pink Flag, was originally released in December 1977 on EMI's progressive label 'Harvest' perhaps an unlikely label for a release that effectively prefigured both post punk & art punk. With it's 21 stripped down tracks and iconic stark sleeve. In Pink Flag Wire proposed a form of expression which drew on formal structures taken from historic styles of rock and pop (including punk) but somehow subverted those structures by maintaining a