The title of the new Wedding Present album will be EL REY, which means ‘the king’ in Spanish. The LP, which is being scheduled for a May 2008 release was recorded and mixed in Chicago by Steve Albini. Speaking in the current issue of the UK’s MOJO magazine, Wedding Present head honcho David Gedge says: “I’ve been living in West Hollywood for the last year or so, and while I’m not going to claim that this is my ‘L. A.’ album, there are some references, I suppose. The album themes are lust, jealousy, betrayal, regret, obsession, super-heroes… the usual! We chose to record with Steve this time because the new songs were sounding very guitarry and quite dark. It’s been good. As you’d imagine, really; Albini knows his stuff”. The Wedding Present’s ‘George Best’ album goes on to feature in the same magazine’s list of Top 50 ‘Indie’ records.
To celebrate the new album’s release the band have confirmed that they are to play a full set at the “El Rey Release Party”, a special event taking place at The Corn Exchange, Brighton, England, on Friday 30 May 2008. It will be the band’s first appearance in Brighton in over three years. In addition to ‘Special Guests’ there will be a few other surprises, the details of which will be revealed in future newsletters. It is an ‘all ages’ show [under 14’s must be accompanied by an adult] and tickets are available from: http://www.seetickets.com/?c=299717&filler2=299717
El Rey, the forthcoming album from The Wedding Present, will be released by Manifesto Records in the USA and Canada on 19 May 2008 and in the rest of the world by Vibrant Records on 26 May.
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