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Review: The Wedding Present's 24 Songs revisits the legendary indie band's 2002 project which was to put out one new 7 " single a month for the entire year. They all came as double-sided 7"s and made for a now much sought-after box set. If you missed out, worry not, because this album collects them all together as full-length versions that also includes five bonus recordings including one featuring The Wedding Present's first guitarist, Peter Solowka. The milestone project encapsulated perfectly the band's sound over the past 30 years and also made them only the second-ever artists to have 12 Top 40 tunes in the charts in a calendar year after Elvis himself.

Review: The Wedding Present are an archetypal indie band if ever there was one. They first formed in 1985 and quickly made their way to prominence as part of the C86 scene - named after the cassettes to which NME recorded new tunes from hot bands of the times. Founder and only constant band member David Gedge wrote intelligent lyrics and paired them with fast-paced jangle-pop rhythms. Their debut album George Best in 1992 was a big one and Watusi - while coming some time later - was still sharp and commercially successful, with big tunes being the likes of 'It's A Gas' and 'Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah'.