“El Rey” - The Wedding Present’s new album - written while David Gedge was living in Los Angeles - is out now on CD through Manifesto Records in the USA & Canada, CD and limited edition 12″ vinyl through Vibrant Records elsewhere in the world and via download everywhere.

El Rey [the title means ‘The King’ in Spanish] is the first new Wedding Present album since 2005 and was recorded earlier this year by Steve Albini in Chicago. The LP has already been receiving great reviews:

“A beauty. Some of the funniest, cleverest and most relevant indie you’re likely to hear this year” [NME (UK)]

“Gedge has consistently been way ahead of other, more lauded musicians” [The Guardian (UK)]

“The Wedding Present’s finest LP in a respected 23-year career. Don’t miss!” [The Big Takeover (USA)]

“A triumphant and momentous homecoming” [CMJ (USA)]

“Hooray for Hollywood! El Rey is The Wedding Present in widescreen. The emotions were always this big but the streets were narrower” - Andrew Collins [writer and broadcaster].

As well as celebrating the release with the current UK mini-tour, the band will also be playing a live session during Marc Riley’s BBC 6 Music show in Manchester on Wednesday 28 May. Marc recently described El Rey as “the perfect post-millennium Wedding Present album”.