Back catalogue: Rock (All)

Review: British alternative indie band The Wedding Present's third studio was recorded in just 10 days in America. Steve Albini was the producer which means the music has a more raw and rough edge that the first two albums. It is often placed highly in all time top albums lists by noteworthy outlets like The Guardian and this double 12" package takes in the full original album as well as three EPs - 3 Songs, Dalliance, and Lovenest, and a John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session from 1991 that saw the band play versions of four different tracks from the album.

Review: The Wedding Present's 'Hit Parade' was first released in 1992, after the band had released a limited edition single every month up until they had enough material. Dealing in their now-trademark brand of power-punk and jangle, this new 30th Anniversary box set version of the band's biggest hits are compiled into a select 20-track compendium.

Review: Bizarro World is a fictional world of opposites, born of the DC superhero universe, Superman most prominent among its bravers. Few know, however, that the English rock band The Wedding Present also briefly traversed Bizarro World, albeit not to fight alternate reality crime and/or vanquish nega-selves, but rather to bottle its antinomic essence, and of course to record a second album. Packing two of their best-loved hits, 'Brassneck' and 'Kennedy', among many more ingenious indie album curios, this reissue of Bizarro comes to orange biovinyl - a more environmentally sustainable product, as it doesn't contain any petroleum content - and throws us welcomingly back to 1989, in which ultrafast axe jangle, and deft, irreverent lyrics about apple pie and TV addiction predominated. The record is also noted for two furtherances of interest: a well-documented rerecord of 'Brassneck', and a cover of 'Box Elder', originally written by their then unknown indie peers, Pavement.

Review: The Wedding Present's Watusi, often overshadowed by its predecessors, emerges as a hidden gem in their discography. Initially released amidst the frenzy of their Hit Parade singles, it suffered from being ahead of its time"a blend of pop hooks and Seattle underground influences that defied easy categorisation". Yet, as fans who witnessed them revisiting it at their Brighton event recently will atest, 'Watusi' feels remarkably contemporary, its hypnotic melodies and nuanced instrumentation resonating with a neo-drone edge. While it may have been a hard sell in its era, the current lineup breathes new life into its subtle intelligence, unveiling its true brilliance. Overlooked but not forgotten, Watusi finally gets its due recognition as a key release from The Wedding Present, reaffirming its place in their storied career alongside Sea Monsters, George Best and the Hit Parade singles.