1987's George Best and 1989's Bizarro -- The Wedding Present pushed jangle-pop to its speedy brink, bringing a punk edge and sneer to their melodies and delivering something closer to rattle-pop. Because it wasn't that they let chords ring out the way...

I got by the idea, and eventually I reached the conclusion that there's nothing wrong with the past. These albums are a part of history and culture, so why not? It's a different band now, obviously, so we're partly reworking it, but still staying true...

With those fateful words David Gedge set into motion a train of events that has culminated in the "Seeing Out 2011 With " mini-tour. The band will be playing both in Glasgow and David's hometown of Leeds before their December 31st finale... an...

They did this on their last visit in April 2010, celebrating Bizarro turning 20 with a recital, but this show is extra-special because Seamonsters is, quite simply, the band’s best record. It took the romantic casualty archetype that populated David...