The Wedding Present
El Rey
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Genre(s): Indie, Rock
Record label: Manifesto
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Album Review: El Rey by The Wedding Present
Very Good, Based on 1 Critic
AllMusic - 70
Based on rating 7/10
Based on rating 7/10
The pairing of the Wedding Present and engineer Steve Albini on 1991's Seamonsters was an inspired move on the group's part. His ultra-loud and thudding sound was a perfect match for a batch of David Gedge's most soul crushing songs in a career full of them. Revisiting Albini's studio proves to be a similarly wise move in 2008 for the band's seventh album, El Rey.