David Gedge says in September 2022: "Every now and again, Wedding Present tracks come along which I know for a fact will divide our fans.

It happened when we did the `Ukrainian John Peel Sessions' and again when we released `Seamonsters'.

And then there was our take on the `Theme From Shaft', of course. It's almost become a Wedding Present tradition to alienate a certain section of our followers from time to time! So, when Jon explained that, for `We All Came From The Sea', he wanted to record a very repetitive track that was punky yet dancey, I knew that that time had come around again.

However, I loved the idea and had no hesitation in channelling my inner Nile Rodgers to match his Banshees-like guitar playing.

`Summer' is kind of different, too. As the title suggests, it's a sunny pop song... well, until my overdrive pedal goes on at the end, anyway.

So_ fingers crossed for an Indian summer, this September, then?" This year The Wedding Present will be releasing a new 7" single every month, #9 is available for indie record stores only soon This fascinating project - which goes under the name of 24 Songs - comes thirty years after the band's similar Hit Parade series of 7"s in 1992 and features - you may have already guessed - one WP original as well as one cover version.

Each of the records comes in a beautifully designed sleeve featuring brutalist photography by Jessica McMillan.

Each single will be limited to 2,400 copies ww.