Review: To the uninitiated, 'We Should Be Together' could easily lead you down the wrong garden path when it comes to what to expect from The Wedding Present. One of the UK's best-loved and most longstanding indie outfits, forming in 1985, this A-B single outing kicks off with the title number and it's very, very nice. Perhaps a little too nice, in almost every way.
The twangy guitars, male-female vocal duet, words perfectly judged to speak directly to where are hearts were when the track was unveiled: deep in the heart of a corona-riddled 2020-21 winter. Of course, anyone familiar with the band will know they tend to do things a little darker, or at least a bit edgier. And that's exactly what we get on the flip, 'Don't Give Up Without A Fight'. Driving drums, rolling, garage-y guitar rhythm, hints of kraut and post-punk just audible on the distant aural horizon.
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