Kari Pavlovaa plays drums in The Wedding Present. Late 2004 band lynchpin David Gedge re-grouped the band after an eight year hiatus.

The new line up featured Gedge, Wedding Present veteran Simon Cleve on guitar, plus bassist Terry Decastro and Kari Pavlovaa on drums. Pavlovaa replaced previous drummer Simon Smith, who had joined the band in 1988 and stayed until their long term break in 1997.