{"id":2802,"date":"2021-03-02T22:10:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T21:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=2802"},"modified":"2021-03-03T08:53:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T07:53:15","slug":"new-album-the-wedding-present-locked-down-and-stripped-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/02\/new-album-the-wedding-present-locked-down-and-stripped-back\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: The Wedding Present || Locked Down And Stripped Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

To be honest, I’m not a big fan of all those lockdown covers and re-recordings. These are tough times, but I hope that artists can also turn the restrictions and suffering as a result of COVID-19 into impressive music, as severe pains have often led to great art. That said, fortunately there are exceptions and a few good lockdown albums are made.. The twelve Locked Down & Stripped Back<\/em> versions that\u00a0the legendary British indie rock band The Wedding Present<\/a> has released are very impressive. Following the cancellation of the At The Edge Of The Sea<\/em> festival, they decided to replace it with an online version presented from their living rooms, featuring home-recorded videos<\/a> for which they re-worked tracks in a semi-acoustic style, now also available digitally, on CD and on vinyl. The collection features home recordings of ten classics and two previously unreleased songs: You’re Just A Habit That I’m Trying To Break<\/em> is the first result of David Gedge’s songwriting partnership with new guitarist Jon Stewart (of Sleeper fame), We Should Be Together<\/em> was originally written but never released by Sleeper themselves (now with Louise Wener on vocals). Listen to the two new tracks below.<\/p>\n