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HHBTM 241LP
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$22.00
PREORDER
RELEASE DATE: 7/24/2026
"From the sprawling, congested, and heat affected city of Atlanta, Georgia comes Go Public, a mutant disco day-glow post punk dance band bringing you social/political party til you drop anthems of joy and conflict while the nation is collapsing. Go Public mixes dub, afrobeat, post punk, new wave, and disco to the max building up the energy till the room is moving and the floors are shaking. The Atlanta four-piece is made up of Sean Rawls (Masters of the Hemisphere, Still Flyin'), Adrian Finch (Masters of the Hemisphere, Dances with Wolves, Elf Power), Jay Domingo, and Sam Gunn. The band formed in 2020 and released a cassette titled EP in late 2022. You Are Traffic is their debut album feels and sounds like Atlanta with its sweat-soaked dance rhythms, its lyrical content that radiates like the colorful murals and street art that cover the city, it's an album propulsive in nature like the abundant green canopy that breathes life and provides comfort from the oppressive heat. You are Traffic is bursting with joy while taking in everything around it and presenting it back to the listener. The world is on fire so you might as well dance. Go Public would fit nicely next to Maximum Joy, ESG, Liquid Liquid, and James Chance."
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HHBTM 240LP
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"In 1996, The Wedding Present released Mini -- an EP featuring six tracks that all had connections to motoring. Almost thirty years on, David Gedge has revisited the concept with Maxi, a brand-new, six-track EP which is again loosely based around the theme of driving. Although Maxi follows the same concept as Mini, the 2025 model of The Wedding Present's vehicle is discernibly grander, with Gedge hinting that guitarist Rachael Wood -- who was new to the band at the time of writing -- might be one of the reasons why. 'Scream, If You Want To Go Faster' -- the opening track -- mesmerizes with a slow-building, post-rock feel before it revs up to set the EP's tone and flows into the infectious riff of 'Grand Prix' -- itself driven forward by the complexities of Wood's playing. 'Hot Wheels' and 'Two For The Road' -- tracks three and four -- are unmistakably Wedding Present. Gedge's urgent guitar playing and lyrics shine their headlights on the challenges of the heart, and allow the listener to return to terra firma with a more familiar sound that effortlessly stands alongside classic Wedding Present releases. 'Interceptor' -- track five -- is steered by the bass until a roaring guitar and pounding drums shift gears to bring the listener back full circle to the post-rock feel of Maxi's opening track. Crossing the EP's finishing line is the epic 'Silver Shadow', another track that shifts in tempo, evoking a feeling of tenderness alongside the elated emotion of finding the one. Maxi undoubtedly takes the listener on a journey. This really is The Wedding Present at their creative best, pushing both the boundaries of their sound and the expectations of the listener, while the lyrics provocatively paint pictures in a way that only David Gedge can manage."
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