Because I’ve never passed up some low-hanging fruit, here’s the second part of the big Catherine Wheel news for 2023, which delighted and disappointed their fans in equal part earlier this year by being remasters and digital reissues of some of the band’s earliest material. Coming 22 years to the day from its original 12″ issue, Painful Thing is the companion release to the She’s My Friend EP, again including versions of two songs that would eventually appear as highlights of their debut, Ferment.