”Valentina” is the long awaited eighth album from British Indie rock band, The Wedding Present. Formed in 1985 they’ve been through various lineups with singer\/guitarist being the only member to remain a constant part of the band. Their last album, ”El rey” was released four years ago, so it’s been quite a wait for their fans. Well after listening to the album quite a lot over the last few days I have to say it’s been well worth the wait – this is another top notch album from the band, and really shows that the current crop of Indie bands still have plenty to learn from the masters.<\/p>\n
One of my favourite tracks is ”End Credits” – a very rocky song that really works well.<\/p>\n
”Back a bit…stop” is another good track – for the first hlaf or two-thirds. Unfortunately I really don’t like the way that the song stops at that point and is replaced by a very heavily distorted feeback sound for the last minute – frankly it sounds awful and has no connection to the main part of the song. I really can’t see why they chose to include this last minute or so – its totally out of place and adds no value.<\/p>\n
One minor criticism – the track listing on the back of the CD packaging is in a font so tiny that its barely readable for a lot of people. There’s no justification for this sort of thing I’m afraid.<\/p>\n
This is The Wedding Present at their best, showing the rest of the indie rock bands how the masters do it !<\/p>\n
”Valentina” will be released on 19th March via the band’s own label, Scopitones. <\/p>\n
Track listing<\/p>\n
1. You’re dead
\n2. You Jane
\n3. Meet cute
\n4. Back a bit…stop
\n5. Stop thief
\n6. Girl from the DDR
\n7. Deer caught in the headlights
\n8. 524 Fidelio
\n9. End credits
\n10. Mystery date<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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