Pete Wylie had many incarnations of 'Wah!' and "Seven Minutes to Midnight" was from the 'Wah! Heat' period. The reference to the title of "Seven Minutes to Midnight" is the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic clock from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which was moved to seven minutes to midnight in 1980, the year this song was recorded. This was the raw sound of the early (post-Joy Division, pre-Smiths and pre-synth pop) 80's. The Wah! early collection 'The Maverick Years' is a must for all indie music fans.
A bit of trivia - the Doomsday Clock moved ahead to five minutes to midnight earlier this year.
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