EFFIGIES
FLY ON A WIRE (40TH ANNIVERSARY NUMBERED) - LP

UPC: 810162111687
Label: BFD
Format: LP
Release Date: October 31, 2025
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Formed in 1980, The EFFIGIES along with NAKED RAYGUN and STRIKE UNDER defined the early Chicago punk sound and scene. They released a string of acclaimed EPs and LPs during the past four decades. In 1985 the Effigies released their post-punk debut “Fly On A Wire”. Departing from their punk roots to experiment with new rhythms and expanded guitar complexities, the record brought the band to a wider audience, out of the mosh pit and onto the dance floor, featuring a cover of Joy Division’s “No Love Lost” long before others attempted it. The band is now proud to announce the remastered 40th Anniversary Edition originally recorded and mixed by the lauded British sound engineer Ian Burgess.

“Throughout Fly On A Wire ( a good title) muscle and finesse combine so well that the record is instantly satisfying, could this have been what ‘79-80 PIL would have sounded like if Levine was replaced by Stuart Adamson?”
– Jack Rabid, Rockpool 1985

“The new material is incredibly broad in spectrum, without being forced. They’ve replaced guitarist Earl with a newcomer named Bob O’Conner, who has a sound that mixes an aggressive pick attack (like Paul Fox of the Ruts) with a tense, wiry sense of melody (like Hugh Cornwall of the Stranglers).”
– Steve Albini, Forced Exposure 1985

TRACK LIST:

1. No Love Lost (2025 Version)
2. Fly On A Wire (2025 Version)
3. West (2025 Version)
4. Machine Brennt (2025 Version)
5. Pushin' Pullin' (2025 Version)
6. Forever, I Know (2025 Version)
7. Blue Funk (2025 Version)
8. Bright Ice (2025 Version)
9. The Eights (2025 Version)
10. All Told (2025 Version)
11. Here's To It (2025 Version)
12. Something That -Live 1980 (2025 Version)