Going, Going…

‘Going, Going…’ is the title of the ninth Wedding Present studio album. It was released by Scopitones on 2 September 2016.

The full 20-track track-listing for ‘Going, Going...’ is...

Kittery / Greenland / Marblehead / Sprague / Two Bridges / Little Silver / Bear / Secretary / Birdsnest / Kill Devil Hills / Bells / Fifty-Six / Fordland / Emporia / Broken Bow / Lead / Ten Sleep / Wales / Rachel / Santa Monica

As we’ve come to expect over the years... a Wedding Present album isn’t always a straight-forward release and ‘Going, Going…’ is no different. This one is actually a collection of 'linked' tracks, each with a beautiful accompanying film. Given the nature of this unique project, the release comes in three audio-visual formats. Over to David Gedge...

“I decided that I didn’t want to make just ‘another album’ and so I came up with the idea of the twenty connected pieces of music. In the summer of 2014 I travelled across the USA with photographer Jessica McMillan and we made some atmospheric short films to accompany the music. Since then it’s been a case of progressing through the tracks, trying all sorts of ideas, seeing how they work set against the visuals…”

Here’s a breakdown of those audio-visual formats...

1 : ‘Standard’ CD + DVD ~ click here to purchase

2 : ‘Deluxe’ CD + DVD [contains a bonus 8-track CD featuring acoustic, session and live versions of songs from the album in a hard bound ‘book pack’ along with the DVD and lyrics] ~ click here to purchase

Bonus tracks : Bells [Piano Version] / Broken Bow [Acoustic Version] / Rachel [Acoustic Version] / Little Silver [Piano Quintet Version] / Ten Sleep [Live In Session For Lucid Shade] / Broken Bow [Live In Session For Lucid Shade] / Two Bridges [Live In Gijón/Xixón] / Birdsnest [Live In Paris]

3 : Double LP + DVD [comes in heavyweight vinyl and also includes the album on CD. Also contained in this format is a 7” single with four acoustic versions of songs from the album plus the DVD and lyrics] ~ click here to purchase

Bonus tracks [on the 7”] : Bells [Piano Version] / Broken Bow [Acoustic Version] / Rachel [Acoustic Version] / Little Silver [Piano Quintet Version]

All DVDs are region-free and compatible with PAL and NTSC players.