Re-United and It Feels So Good

With the relative bummer news of Luna disbanding, comes some downright fantabulous news.... The Feelies reuniting sans Bill Million ( I was far too young to have ever seen them at one of their rare live performances the first time around)- Even if this doesn't amount to touring, it is a tasty enough to imagine new output from such a seminal act.

Although the rumblings for this started early this summer when Gedge and company recorded what is now their final Peel Session as Wedding Present rather than Cinerama (Gedge was always a favorite of Peel's, making his festive fifty many times over, and performing what may be the largest number of radio sessions with the beloved icon) Three new songs were recorded: "Ringway To SeaTac", "Queen Anne" and "Shivers" along with a cover of "White Horses" which was a hit for Jacky in 1968 and the title music for the children's TV program of the same name. The Wedding Present also recorded "Blue Eyes" which was the first of their twelve hit singles of 1992.

Straight from the mouths of Scopitone is the following statement "The Wedding Present release INTERSTATE 5, their first single for over seven years, on Monday 15 November 2004. Scopitones will release the three track CD in the United Kingdom. All three songs were written by David Gedge and Simon Cleave, and recorded in Seattle by Steve Fisk, who also produced The Wedding Present's Watusi album a decade ago. Interstate 5 is taken from TAKE FOUNTAIN [a new Wedding Present album] which will see the light of day in February 2005."

The new Wedding Present line up consists of David Gedge (guitar & vocals), Terry de Castro (bass), Kari Paavola (drums) and Simon Cleave (guitar); Simon was a member of the previous Wedding Present line up in the mid-late nineties, and has played with Cinerama since their inception.

All I know, is I am majorly excited, and if it takes traveling to London to hear Brassneck live, so be it.

Article Author: Jen Rajkowski

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