NEW WEDDING PRESENT ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN MARCH

The Wedding Present will be releasing their much-anticipated eighth studio album, ‘Valentina’, in March. It was recorded in France, California and England during 2011 and mixed by Andrew Scheps [whose past credits include Metallica, Iggy Pop and Johnny Cash].

Valentina comes four years after 2008’s ‘El Rey’ and is performed by David Gedge [singing, guitars & percussion], Graeme Ramsay [guitars, piano, harmonium & co-writer with Gedge of all but one of the songs], Pepe le Moko [bass & backing vocals] and Charles Layton [drums & percussion].

Following an album launch event at the ‘South By Southwest’ music festival in Austin, Texas, the band will be embarking on a tour of North America. This tour will be extra special because, as well as celebrating the release of Valentina, the band will be playing their classic album ‘Seamonsters’ live, in its entirety. Following the North American dates the band will be moving on to Australia, Japan and Continental Europe before bringing the whole event home with an extensive tour of The United Kingdom and Ireland in the autumn.

The Valentina track listing is: You’re Dead / You Jane / Meet Cute / Back A Bit… Stop / Stop Thief! / The Girl From The DDR / Deer Caught In The Headlights / 524 Fidelio / End Credits / Mystery Date

Valentina will be released on CD by:
Stickman Records in Germany, Benelux, Scandinavia, Austria, Switzerland & Italy
‘&’ Records in Japan
Lost And Lonesome Records in Oceania
and Scopitones [the band's own label] throughout the rest of the world.

A 12″ vinyl LP version of the album will also be released by Stickman for Europe and This Will Be Our Summer Records of Athens, Georgia for North America.

Valentina will also be available for download from all the usual digital outlets. If you don’t find us on your preferred site, please let us know by emailing Jessica at : info@scopitones.co.uk

Confirmed Valentina release dates:

UK : 19.03.12
North America : 20.03.12
Japan : 21.03.12
Oceania : 23.03.12