The Wedding Present – 24 Songs – January

The Wedding Present – 24 Songs – January

21 JANUARY 2022

WE SHOULD BE TOGETHER

DON’T GIVE UP WITHOUT A FIGHT

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ABOUT JANUARY’S SONGS

This series sees the first fruits of David Gedge’s song-writing partnership with Sleeper guitarist [and now also Wedding Present guitarist] Jon Stewart and, fittingly, the first release includes a cover of the beautiful Sleeper song ‘We Should Be Together’. The Wedding Present version comes in the form of a gorgeous duet featuring David and Louise Wener. It’s coupled with ‘Don’t Give Up Without A Fight’, which combines classic Wedding Present feistiness with a Krautrock finale.

DAVID GEDGE ADDS

”Jon played me a demo of ‘We Should Be Together’ and told me that it was an unused Sleeper song from years ago. I absolutely loved it and immediately told him that The Wedding Present should cover it. The icing on the cake came when Louise agreed to appear and we made it a duet. We did a stripped-back version for our ‘Lockdown’ LP last year but this is a new full-band recording.”We first recorded ‘Don’t Give Up Without A Fight’ for a Marc Riley session for BBC 6 Music because the arrangement kind of reminded me of The Wedding Present’s cover of ‘Jumper Clown’ by Marc Riley And The Creepers.”