Sandra's Wedding present, 'Pleasure Grounds.'

The new album is out now and available for download and Compact Disc.

Pleasure Grounds. Two words which mean more to some than others.

I don't want to say too much about this record
This was and is a record for myself and for us as a band
Every note we play and every line we sing
Comes from a seed
Planted in a quiet corner of the world
Nothing much goes on
Does it matter? Not really
Does any of this matter? Not really
We write and play, play and write
Everything comes and goes
Your support keeps us going.

We hope you enjoy this record.

"If there is a bright centre to the universe, you're on the planet that is farthest from."
credits
released October 1, 2021

Joe Hodgson - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Jonny Hughes - The Electric Guitar, 12 String Guitars
Corey Jones - The Bass Guitar
Luke Harrison - The Drums, Percussion

Trumpet on Track 5 and 8 performed by Anthony Thompson

Cover artwork by David West.
All tracks recorded at Young Thugs Studio, York
With Jonny Hooker & Alex Willie

Pleasure Grounds

Love Everyone

Lovin' Life

Should've Got A Trade

When I Stall

A heavy lament for the places time forgot. Three scenes over one day in another Rugby League Town.

Written by Joe Hodgson & Sandra's Wedding
Copyright Sandra's Wedding
Recorded at Young Thugs Studio York with Jonny Hooker

One Horse Town

A soundtrack for a rainy day, week, month. Kitchen sink drama would be a stretch when nothing much happens. "Do the windows in this house only come in grey..?"

Given Rain - Single

Given Rain

French Girls is the summery new single taken from Sandra's Wedding's upcoming album "The Hopeful Boy Replacement Service."

The band, hailing from from Goole, who were praised by Guy Garvey on his BBC 6 Music show for their music and "having a band name worse than his own," are looking forward to sharing their signature combination of jangly guitars and biting lyrics on the new record. Featuring contributions from world renown composer Gavin Bryars (Father John Misty) amongst other contributors, the album will be released on July 14th.

Described in the Facebook comments upon release as being "so catchy Chris Witty will be making a statement about it shortly," the new single follows the narrative of a middle aged pair of romantics spicing up their love life across the East Coast.

French Girls

The Hopeful Boy Replacement Service is the new album from Sandra's Wedding.

The band, hailing from from Goole, who were praised by Guy Garvey on his BBC 6 Music show for their music and "having a band name worse than his own," are looking forward to sharing their signature combination of jangly guitars and biting lyrics on the new record. Featuring contributions from world renown composer Gavin Bryars (Father John Misty) amongst other contributors, the album will be released on July 14th.

Recorded at Young Thugs Studios, York, Summer 2022- Winter 2023.

Sandra's Wedding are Joseph Hodgson, Jonny Hughes and Luke Harrison. All bass guitar performed by Corey Jones.

Recorded at Young Thugs by Jonny Hooker & Noah Hindle, assisted by Will Jacobs.
Additional instrumentation by Anthony Thompson and Gary Hammond. 
Additional vocals by Hannah Bungard.

String arrangement on "For The Benefit of the Tape" by Gavin Bryars.

Produced by Sandra's Wedding and Jonny Hooker.

For Neil Monaghan. A champion from the start.

The Berlin Wall & Other Stories

For The Benefit Of The Tape

Maybe

To The Beat of Slamming Doors

The Running Joke

Laughing My Head Off

This Be The Verse

The Post-Disneyland Blues

Rum Life

The Hopeful Boy Replacement Service is the new album from Sandra's Wedding.

The band, hailing from from Goole, who were praised by Guy Garvey on his BBC 6 Music show for their music and "having a band name worse than his own," are looking forward to sharing their signature combination of jangly guitars and biting lyrics on the new record. Featuring contributions from world renown composer Gavin Bryars (Father John Misty) amongst other contributors, the album will be released on July 14th.

Recorded at Young Thugs Studios, York, Summer 2022- Winter 2023.

Sandra's Wedding are Joseph Hodgson, Jonny Hughes and Luke Harrison. All bass guitar performed by Corey Jones.

Recorded at Young Thugs by Jonny Hooker & Noah Hindle, assisted by Will Jacobs.
Additional instrumentation by Anthony Thompson and Gary Hammond. 
Additional vocals by Hannah Bungard.

String arrangement on "For The Benefit of the Tape" by Gavin Bryars.

Produced by Sandra's Wedding and Jonny Hooker.

Artwork done by Peter Scott.

For Neil Monaghan. A champion from the start.

From The Book To The Stage

The Hopeful Boy Replacement Service

This is the debut album released on 14th February 2017.

Joe Hodgson - vocals, acoustic guitar
Jonny Hughes - Electric guitar, Mandolin, E-Bow
Tom Hill - Bass guitar
Luke Harrison - The Drums, Percussion

Recorded at Strange Reality Music Productions, Snaith.

Northern Powerhouse

Hollywood

"Good Morning, Bad Blood" is the new EP from Sandra's Wedding. The Goole based four piece released their debut album "Northern Powerhouse" in February 2017, which was well received by reviewers. GigSlutz stated the album was "worthy of wider acclaim" while BBC Introducing North Yorkshire's Jericho Keys described the record as sounding like a "cross between The Smiths and The Beautiful South," with the band subsequently invited to perform a BBC Introducing live session on the show. 

The sepia tinged songs on the album address love, loss and life in industrial towns across the North of England, with guitarist Jonny Hughes telling one newspaper that the group and lyricist Joe Hodgson try to write songs with lyrics that people can identify with, telling stories about residing and experiencing life in Northern, working class areas.

"Good Morning, Bad Blood" deals with similar themes to its' predecessor with love, the complexities of relationships and the mundane side of romance all running strongly through the four tracks. Produced by Dan Foster at Hull's Element Studios and mastered by Pete Maher, it is available digitally to buy and stream from Friday 17th August on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon and Google Play plus a limited run on vinyl.

Sandra's Wedding are:
Joe Hodgson - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano
Jonny Hughes - Electric guitar, Mandolin
Tom Hill - Bass Guitar
Luke Harrison - The Drums, Percussion

Additonal instruments:
Anthony Thompson - Trumpet
David Leighton - Cello

Good Morning, Bad Blood

Saturday Night Television

Titanic

Drawing comparisons with iconic northern guitar bands like The Housemartins and The Smiths, Sandra’s Wedding are a Goole-based band who wear their working class routes firmly on their sleeves.

With catchy songs full of bright, jangly guitars and clever lyrics about northern life, the band’s 2017 debut album ‘Northern Powerhouse’ and 2018 follow-up EP ‘Good Morning, Bad Blood’ were both met with rave reviews.

The group released their eagerly-awaited new album ‘Frame Yourself’ in Spring 2020 and planned to take the songs on tour. However, with lockdown restrictions the band decided to use the time productively and recorded a sooner than expected follow up album entitled 'Banana Bread.' The self recorded release is an exclusive download from their Bandcamp page.

Be sure to catch them live at a venue near you when you can.

Press:

"Sandra’s Wedding are certainly worthy of wider acclaim." - Rob Conlon, Gigslutz

"Like a cross between The Coral and The Housemartins" - Jericho Keys, BBC Radio York

"Their growing popularity is well deserved due to their obvious hard work and the musical brilliance they create within every track...10/10" - Revie Burns, Down The Rabbit Hole Magazine

"So what makes this quite as good as it is. Well it’s a grower, it charms you. It’s one of those sets of songs that creep up on you and worm their way into your head. Over my repeated listening I went from “well that’s quite nice” to “That’s some clever lyrics” to “why can’t I get that song out of my head” - Frank Roper, Local Sounds Focus

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