Going, Going...

Going, Going... is the ninth studio album by English rock band The Wedding Present. It was released on 2 September 2016 in the UK, and 2 December 2016 in the US, by their record label, Scopitones. It is a 20-song double multimedia album - each song has its own video included - that is also a travelogue about a journey across North America.[7]

Going, Going...
Studio album by The Wedding Present
Released	2 September 2016
Recorded	2015-16, Studios La Fabrique (Saint-Rémy-de-Provence), Parr Street Studios (Liverpool)
Genre	Indie rock, post-rock[1]
Length	73:40
Label	Scopitones
Producer	Andrew Scheps
The Wedding Present chronology
Valentina (2012) Going, Going... (2016)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	[3]
Drowned in Sound	[4]
Louder Than War	[5]
PopMatters	[6]

Background

Going, Going... came four years after the band's previous album, Valentina. David Gedge had decided that he didn't want the next album to be "just another album" and decided on a format of a number of interconnected pieces.[8] In 2014 he travelled across America with photographer Jessica McMillan and made a number of films. After that, says Gedge, it was a case of "progressing through the music, trying all sorts of ideas, seeing how they work set against the visuals."[8]

Track listing

Going, Going... track listing

No.	Title	Length	Writer(s)	Related location[9]
1	Kittery	5:31	David Gedge, Samuel Beer-Pearce, Charlie Layton	Kittery, Maine
2	Greenland	3:00	Gedge, Layton	Greenland, New Hampshire
3	Marblehead	3:49	Gedge, Beer-Pearce, Layton	Marblehead, Massachusetts
4	Sprague	2:42	Gedge	Sprague, Connecticut
5	Two Bridges	3:58	Gedge, Patrick Alexander, Layton	Two Bridges, Manhattan in New York City
6	Little Silver	4:39	Gedge, Alexander, Layton	Little Silver, New Jersey
7	Bear	4:18	Gedge, Alexander, Layton	Bear, Delaware
8	Secretary	2:01	Gedge, Alexander, Layton	Secretary, Maryland
9	Birdsnest	3:35	Gedge, Alexander, Layton	Birdsnest, Virginia
10	Kill Devil Hills	2:25	Gedge, Alexander, Layton	Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
11	Bells	3:33	Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton	Bells, Tennessee
12	Fifty-Six	4:39	Gedge, Alexander, Layton	Fifty-Six, Arkansas
13	Fordland	2:50	Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton	Fordland, Missouri
14	Emporia	4:29	Gedge, Beer-Pearce, Layton	Emporia, Kansas
15	Broken Bow	2:39	Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton	Broken Bow, Nebraska
16	Lead	2:50	Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton	Lead, South Dakota
17	Ten Sleep	2:11	Gedge, Beer-Pearce, Layton	Ten Sleep, Wyoming
18	Wales	4:27	Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton, Andrew Teilo	Wales, Utah
19	Rachel	3:42	Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton	Rachel, Nevada
20	Santa Monica	6:22	Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton	Santa Monica, California

Personnel

The Wedding Present

• David Gedge - vocals, guitar, mellotron, waterphone
• Samuel Beer-Pearce - guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Katharine Wallinger - bass, backing vocals
• Charles Layton - drums, percussion

with:

• Teo Benson - violin
• Terry de Castro - vocals
• Steve Fisk - keyboards
• Annie Ford - viola
• Paul Hiraga - vocals on "Marblehead"
• Barb Hunter - cello
• Melanie Howard - vocals on "Marblehead"
• Jae-In Shin - violin
• Brix Smith Start - vocals on "Greenland"
• Andrew Teilo - vocals on "Wales"

References

1. Allen, Jeremy. "Album review". The Quietus. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
2. Sendra, Tim. "AllMusic review". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
3. Partridge, Kenneth. "A.V. Club review". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
4. Doherty, Jack. "Drowned in Sound review". Drowned In Sound. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
5. Tucker, Simon. "Louder than War review". Louder than War. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
6. Paul, John. "PopMatters review". PopMatters. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
7. Coughlan, Jamie. "Album Preview". Overblown. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
8. Eede, Christian. "New Wedding Present". The Quietus. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
9. bomaya. "Going, Going..." Songography for the Wedding Present and Cinerama. Retrieved 25 August 2020.