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Search For Paradise, released in 2006, collects the three singles and accompanying B-sides from the critically acclaimed Take Fountain album [which was released the preceding year] together with previously unreleased acoustic versions of the A-sides and a pop remix by the German group Klee.Visit product page →
It comes with a bonus DVD of the videos that were made for the singles and the stand out album track "Don't Touch That Dial", plus a three minute film made for an acoustic live version of "Perfect Blue" with bonus "behind the scenes" footage.
CD:1. Interstate 52. Bad Thing3. Snapshots4. I'm From Further North Than You5. Rekindling6. The Girl With The Curious Smile7. Nickels And Dimes8. I'm From Further North Than You (Klee Remix)9. Ringway To Seatac10. Shivers11. American Tan12. Interstate 5 (Acoustic Version)13. I'm From Further North Than You (Acoustic Version)14. Ringway To Seatac (Acoustic Version)DVD:1. Don't Touch That Dial2. Interstate 53. I'm From Further North Than You4. Ringway To Seatac5. Perfect Blue (Live Acoustic Version)6. Filming Furrther North7. I5 Outtakes8. Making Of Seatac -
Visit product page →At the time of its release in 2005, Take Fountain was the first Wedding Present album for nine years. David Gedge had spent the intervening period releasing recordings by Cinerama and you can certainly hear the influence of his 'other' group on this LP.
Take Fountain is as eloquent an emotional discourse as he has mustered [Mojo].
Fans have long since recognised Gedge as more poet than pop star. Like Byron without the marsh fever, Take Fountain confirms his status as an extraordinary songwriter [The Times].
Fountain, incidentally, is a main East to West avenue in Los Angeles. When an aspiring starlet asked the film-star Bette Davis for advice on "the best way to get into Hollywood", Ms Davis replied "Take Fountain!"
Tracklisting:
1. On Ramp2. Interstate 5 (Extended Version)3. Always The Quiet One4. I'm From Further North Than You5. Mars Sparkles Down On Me6. Ringway To Seatac7. Don't Touch That Dial (Pacific Northwest Version)8. It's For You9. Larry's10. Queen Anne11. Perfect Blue -
Japanese legends-in-the-making TOQUIWA (previously known as PINKY PIGLETS) are, in their own words, Catchy riffs, addictive melodies and energetic performances you can't miss. We burst onto the stage! We cannot say it any better.Visit product page →
The Wedding Present caught these gifted all-girl rockers in Japan and fell in love with the energy of their live performances and the earworm catchiness of their songs. Subsequently, The Wedding Present have practically adopted the girls, inviting them to their annual mini-festival in Brighton, their European and North American tours and releasing their British debut album 'TOQUIWA' on David Gedge's own Scopitones label, previously only reserved for the releases of Wedding Present members.
David Gedge says of TOQUIWA I have never seen audiences react so positively to one of our support bands before. At first they just appear to be a cute Japanese band but, when they start to play, everyone's jaw hits the floor!
'TOQUIWA' roars into life with Tokyo Merry-Go-Round, the girls already sounding like a stadium band! Up next - Roll The Dice - channels The Strokes as well as any Japanese all-girl rockers can do¦ two minutes thirty-eight seconds of pop rock perfection. Every song on TOQUIWA could be a single¦ Brain Party thumps in your head like a rock disco, close your eyes and you can imagine yourself in a Tokyo night club. The Japanese love of a ballad is not left out of this album¦ the unexpectedly tender lyrics of The Rain Song are a breather from the heartpounding pop-punk-rock of the rest of the album.
TOQUIWA only lets up for a moment though¦ their biggest hit to date - Give Me A Chocolate - comes in with AC/DC guitar riffs placed over the sugary sweet vocals of vocalist Auska. To close the record is their ode to The Wedding Present¦ an inspired cover of Kennedy¦ with a lyrical interpretation that can only be described as cute!
Tracklisting:
1. Tokyo Merry-Go-Round2. Roll The Dice!!3. Japanese Girl4. To The Right, To The Left5. U.S.O.6. Brain Party7. Listen8. The Rain Song9. 199910. Give Me A Chocolate!!11. Kennedy
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