Imaginary Scoop
Pitchfork reviews Wedding Present Peel Sessions; I don't think igLiz is gonna like this…
I just clicked through to read Pitchfork's review of the new six-CD Peel Sessions CD from igLiz favorite The Wedding Present, and already at the opening paragraph, I suspect she's going to have words with this one…
The idea of devoting a 6xCD radio-session box set to a band as unglamorous as the Wedding Present is mildly counterintuitive at first, a bit like keeping your everyday Bic pen in a fancy gold case. These Leeds guys were never really among the pathbreakers, innovators, or celebrated stars of British indie; they were the workhorse and the house band.
They gave the set a decent review (overall score 7.1), but igLiz, do those words sting for ya?