There Were Wires 'Vessel'

There Were Wires 'Vessel'*** Estimated Ship Date: 6 26 26 ***Orders containing pre order items will not ship until the estimated ship date. About the Album Vessel marks the return of There Were Wires after more than two decades, capturing a band reshaped by years, loss, and persistence. From their genesis in Boston as a brash & chaotic hardcore punk band, TWW has morphed into a different beast older, wiser, and heavier than ever before. The record moves elementally between

*** Estimated Ship Date: 6/26/26 ***
Orders containing pre-order items will not ship until the estimated ship date.

About the Album

Vessel marks the return of There Were Wires after more than two decades, capturing a band reshaped by years, loss, and persistence. From their genesis in Boston as a brash & chaotic hardcore punk band, TWW has morphed into a different beast - older, wiser, and heavier than ever before. The record moves elementally between caustic attack and contemplative restraint, balancing intensity with moments of space and reflection. Themes of fear, grief, and exhaustion surface throughout, shaping a body of work that feels both lived-in and immediate. Vessel holds the accumulated experience of the past, expressed with clarity and purpose.

While their self-titled album ran almost entirely on pure adrenaline and shirt-grabbing emotion, and Somnambulists took risks and hinted at musical growth, Vessel sees TWW ignoring the strictures of genre, and producing their most creative and heartfelt songs to date. Through time, trust, and life experience, There Were Wires have created their most immersive and fully realized work. 

from the label

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There Were Wires | There Were Wires
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Track Listing

1. All Paths Become The Road
2. Massive House Fire
3. Puncture Wounds
4. No Dark Corners
5. I'd Lock You In A Dream
6. Unraveling Light
7. Resurrectionists
8. The Carousel Of Sickening Bliss
9. 1901
10. The Vessel You Hold Dear 

pressing information

150 x  Noise Cult Splatter (Iodine Noise Cult)
250 x Sea and Bone Merge (Iodine/Deathwish)
200 x  Vessel Rose Marble (Retail)
100 x V4 Unraveling Light Gold in Blue (Tor Johnson)

credits

There Were Wires
Ryan Begley
Jaime Mason
Thomas Moses
Jebb Riley
Joseph Thomas

All music and lyrics by There Were Wires

Additional vocals on “I’d Lock You In A Dream” by Eleanor Riley and Rosette Riley

Engineered by Jebb Riley and Joseph Thomas at Mint Green

Additional engineering by Ben Rogers at Loud Sun Studio
Mixed by Kurt Ballou at God City Studio,  Assisted by Zach Weeks
Mastered by Brad Boatright at AUDIOSIEGE