XTC – Drums & Wires (Steven Wilson Mix)
Label: Panegyric – APELPR103
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Remixed, 200g
Country: UK
Released: 26 Sep 2025 (Originally 1979)
Genre: Rock
Style: Post-Punk, New Wave, Art Rock

Description
2025 reissue of XTC’s breakthrough third album “Drums & Wires”, featuring the celebrated 2014 Steven Wilson stereo mix (with minor revisions), now available for the first time on 200g vinyl. Cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering. A post-punk classic filled with angular guitars, melodic invention, and lyrical wit. Includes the band’s first UK hit “Making Plans For Nigel” and deep cuts like “Scissor Man” and “Complicated Game”.

Track Listing
Side One

1. Making Plans For Nigel
2. Helicopter
3. Day In Day Out
4. When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty
5. Ten Feet Tall
6. Roads Girdle The Globe

Side Two

1. Real By Reel
2. Millions
3. That Is The Way
4. Outside World
5. Scissor Man
6. Complicated Game

Features
– 200g high-grade vinyl
– Steven Wilson stereo mix (2014, revised)
– Cut by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering
– Includes “Making Plans For Nigel”, “Scissor Man”, “Complicated Game”