The Wedding Present – 24 Songs – Music & Performance – Vinyl

Throughout 2022 The Wedding Present s 24 Songs series saw the legendary indie band release two new tracks a month as double A sided 7s ultimately creating a much-sought-after box set. David Gedge has now re-curated full-length versions of all twenty-four tracks for a new compilation album that will also comprise five bonus recordings including one featuring The Wedding Present s first guitarist Peter Solowka. 24 Songs was a doff of the cap to The Wedding Present s Hit Parade project of 30 years previous. That series proved to be a real milestone for the band with them becoming only the second-ever artist to achieve twelve Official UK Top 40 hits in a calendar year – at the time something that only Elvis had achieved! David Gedge says: When it came to compiling the 24 Songs album I decided not to sequence the tracks in chronological order. With six sides of vinyl you have six beginnings and six ends to play with and I felt that the opportunity to build some kind of a musical journey was too good to miss! Listening back to this collection I have to say that I genuinely believe that for this project The Wedding Present have recorded some of the best tracks in our history. I loved releasing the singles but it s satisfying to have them all rounded up together.