“This guy came up after a gig and said he was a specialist in repetitive strain injuries. He said, ‘What you’re doing is exactly what we tell people not to do’”: Inside the (literally) blistering sound of British alt-rock’s cultest heroes

The Wedding Present's David Gedge and Rachael Wood perform live in Birmingham.

It was once written of the Wedding Present that they are a band “whose world you either buy into fully or not at all.” Founder-frontman David Gedge takes a beat to consider this, then smiles at the idea.

While British alt-rock’s cultest heroes have at times skirted the mainstream – 1989’s major-label Bizarro and 1991’s Steve Albini-produced Seamonsters were staples of college radio – it’s been entirely possible to avoid ever hearing a note of their output, especially on this side of the Atlantic.