Going, Going...

Going, Going... is the ninth studio album by English rock band The Wedding Present. It was released on 2 September 2016 in the UK and 2 December 2016 in the US, by their record label, Scopitones. It is a 20-song double multimedia album – each song has its own video included – that is also a travelogue about a journey across North America.

Background

Going, Going... came four years after the band's previous album, Valentina. David Gedge had decided that he didn't want the next album to be "just another album" and decided on a format of a number of interconnected pieces. In 2014 he travelled across America with photographer Jessica McMillan and made a number of films. After that, says Gedge, it was a case of "progressing through the music, trying all sorts of ideas, seeing how they work set against the visuals."

Track listing

Personnel

The Wedding Present

• David Gedge - vocals, guitar, mellotron, waterphone
• Samuel Beer-Pearce - guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Katharine Wallinger - bass, backing vocals
• Charles Layton - drums, percussion

with:

• Teo Benson - violin
• Terry de Castro - vocals
• Steve Fisk - keyboards
• Annie Ford - viola
• Paul Hiraga - vocals on "Marblehead"
• Barb Hunter - cello
• Melanie Howard - vocals on "Marblehead"
• Jae-In Shin - violin
• Brix Smith Start - vocals on "Greenland"
• Andrew Teilo - vocals on "Wales"

References