Theweddingpresent* ‎– 3 Songs

I thoroughly & wholeheartedly stand by my statement that the Wedding Present dragged this dog-end of a lame, 70's pop song & re-created it as only Dave Gedge could, providing a hundred deeper and more thought-provoking, emotive, resonant levels that Harley didn't even have a clue were there, let alone express.
I'm not completely dismissing the "Rebel", but if you let yourself become enveloped by the constructs of Gedge's cathartic approach to the story-telling of the doomed relationship, the song blossoms in such an extraordinary way you'd have to have a heart of lead & a mind full of Playdoh™ not to be intensely moved.
"Crawl" sets a totally different pace, yet not too distant. Desperate in his attempts to reclaim something of his lost love, he swings from a pleading, almost whining tone into what can only really be described as an orchestrated riot of melodic, soulful guitars, angry & bitter but melancholic.
YOU try & write a song that does all that in 3 minutes...
Then "Corduroy" kicks the crap out of what's left of you; un-abashed frenzied tension-release, screaming and buzz-sawing it's way through your remains. Truly a recording worthy of so much more acclaim.
(And if you're fortunate enough to have the 10", a trip back to what they do best - letting loose on a live version of "Take Me".
And who says "All the Songs Sound the Same?")