The White Wires were a Canadian garage rock band formed in Ottawa, Ontario, in 2007.

[1][7] The White Wires members are Luke Martin (also of Street Meat, Million Dollar Marxists), Allie Hanlon (also of Peach Kelli Pop), and Ian Manhire (also of the Sedatives).

[17] It was reissued as a self-titled album The White Wires 3 November 2009[18] on Atlanta's Douchemaster Records[2] and was made available on Apple's iTunes service 14 September 2009.

[21] In August 2009,[22] the band signed for a new album with Portland, Oregon's punk rock music label Dirtnap Records.

Only 1,000 copies of this 7-inch EP were pressed as part of a promotional compilation featuring cover songs by Trouble in Mind artists.

[17][30] In 2010 the band recorded a cover of The Nerves song "Letter to G" written by Jack Lee.

[31][32] It was initially released as an audio cassette 27 December 2010 on Los Angeles' Volar Records titled Under the Covers: A Tribute to Paul Collins, Peter Case and Jack Lee.

[33] In March 2010 The White Wires met The Mean Jeans a band from Portland, Oregon.