Member Since: 28/11/2006
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Member of the Wedding are a mixed sex beat combo from Glasgow. Their debut EP, 'Chapter & Verse' was released by Cosy Recordings in May 2009 and is available through Cosy Recordings . It has space on the shelves of Fraction Discs (Gothenberg), Vollwert Records (Berlin) and Avalanche Records (Glasgow).
Tracklisting:
1. No Idea
2. Stoop To Conquer
3. Leave The City Behind
4. Friend of a Friend of a Friend
Artwork by the late, great Hannah Frank. www.hannahfrank.org.uk.
Some Kind Words...
"They’re attractively ragged and charmingly offbeat with a haunting melancholy from the Scott Walker songbook and a compellingly droll country twang that recalls Lee Hazlewood. This is an exceptionally strong EP."
Fire Escape Talking
"Nicely constructed, semi-acoustic pop"
Is This Music? (5/5)
"They channel the songwriting skills of Jonathan Richman and the Go-Betweens with the spirit of The Vaselines, Josef K and Orange Juice."
17 Seconds
"It’s less anti-folk, too and more a sort of wayward leper, cut loose from the world of old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll for dressing too sharply and drinking too many martinis.... Biting cynicism, flat, suave delivery, and grumbly, unpolished guitars – this really is right up my street, isn’t it."
Song By Toad
"Leave The City Behind is the best so far, it seems like it’ll fall apart at any minute, and reminds me of the outsider music of Daniel Johnston, in a spooked out country style."
Russell's Reviews
"Member of the Wedding are scratchy, slinky and seductive as hell."
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Record Label: Cosy