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The modern punk of Good Charlotte and their peers descends from one band in the original wave of English punk circa 1978: the Buzzcocks. But back in the day, punk rock was much more fragmented and varied, and hardly anyone was as fragmented as Wire, a four-piece that flamed on in 1977 with Pink Flag, a mosh masterpiece that is as raw as it is rigorously arty. Now, after most of the band members have moved into their fifties, Wire have returned, seemingly more full of rage and supersonic chords than ever. On, "The Agfers of Kodack," the band sets off a blast of bullet-train punk; above it all, gnarled voices argue like crazy old sailors. "You Can't Leave Now" is an eerie, slow march of wall-shaking bass, guitar and industrial, rattling percussion. It's no surprise that Wire still aspire to make complex, strange punk; the shocker is that the spine-tingling Send sounds fresher than the pop punk currently being generated by pups half their age. Sometimes, Papa really does know best.