Felt -- Classic or dud??

I like felt

vintage

I PULLED OUT PRIMITIVE PAINTERS LOUD ON VINYL AND I KNOW THE NEIGHBORS HATE ME NOW

lawrence of belgravia is gettnig a screening at the barbican

http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/series.asp?id=597&show=info

thanks bob.

fuckin awes, thx for heads-up

the early stuff sounds somewhere in between victorialand-era cocteaus and dire straits.

I PULLED OUT PRIMITIVE PAINTERS LOUD ON VINYL AND I KNOW THE NEIGHBORS HATE ME NOW

― Bimble Is Still More Goth Than You, Monday, May 12, 2008 3:07 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Felt so classic. "Pictorial Jackson Review"! OH.

They're flawed but I find them always a pleasant listen. The early singles are GREAT listenable pop, the albums might be difficult for an initiate.

DON'T GO

TO THE SPANISH HOUSE CAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S A TRAP

I listen to "Forever Breathes the Lonely Word" and "Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty" a LOT.

The organ parts on FBTLW are so killer, totally makes the album for me.

And lately I get a little misty about Bimble when I hear "All the People I like Are Those That are Dead".

Read "Song Man" by Will Hodgkinson for very depressing Lawrence stories.

stains on a decade comp is ace

I prefer the two "Absolute Classic Masterpieces" compilations myself. And then went and gathered up the remaining singles tracks for a bit more. "Primitive Painters" still rocks my world but overall I've grown to love all the singles.

Dud. So I decided at the time, and do still now. There's a difference between understatement and plain weakness.

my drunken hate for 'b'wana beast' is indescribable

ahh this is why they created 'suggest ban'

Classic beyond any reasonable definition of the word, and that goes for pretty much every stage of their career. Current obsession (in misty autumnal UK) is with The Stagnant Pool, especially once it settles into its effortless, spectral second half. SO GOOD.

Lawrence meets GIRLS. http://www.magicrpm.com/artistes/girls/videos/girls-meet-lawrence-premier-episode

what's the Felt song playing at around 3:40 into that video?

it's familiar but yeah i'm not sure

lawrence is starting to resemble a bald vini reilly

It's "The World is as Soft as Lace"

the world is soft as lace is a splendid accompaniment to heavy snowfall. sometimes i think the splendour of fear is their best record.

It's really strange watching that interview. I've been a massive fan of his since buying Denim On Ice when it came out but I've never heard him speak before and in a lot of the pictures I've seen he's looked very different.

I would say Strange Idol Patterns is their masterpiece followed by Forever Breathes the Lonely Word. A lot of their best tracks are spread out on one off singles or B-sides that's why the compilations are so essential too.

Yeah, but there's singles tracks they left off the two "Absolute Classic Masterpieces" compilations, which I tracked down and put together:
Break It
Red Indians (single version)
Something Sends Me To Sleep (alternate version)
My Face Is On Fire
A Preacher In New England
Now Summer Spreads Its Wings Again
Mexican Bandits
Sunlight Bathed In Golden Glow (single version)
Cathedral (new version)
Candles In A Church
Rain Of Crystal Spires
Gather Up Your Wings And Fly
Fire Circle
Buried Wild Blind
Female Star
Tuesday's Secret

i've listened to about 7 of the above quite coincidently tonight! snow always brings out the felt in my house...

I only heard the single version of Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow when I bought the Stains on a Decade compilation last year. It really took me by surprise, it's so beautiful.

I was reading about the Felt discography somewhere recently, it said My Face is On Fire was redone as Whirlpool Vision of Shame which I never knew. I always wondered why it was the only single they left off all of the compilations.

>the world is soft as lace is a splendid accompaniment to heavy snowfall.

otm. I've been hammering ACM Vol 1 all day at home, whilst my workplace is shut and there's a foot of snow outside the front door. I must have listened to The Stagnant Pool five times; I love the way that Deebank's intricate and delicate solo gives way to Lawrence's sparse twangings, but then he comes back at the end to have the final word.

i've listened to about 7 of the above quite coincidently tonight! snow always brings out the felt in my house...

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They are a great band to flick through random tracks of and I agree they sound great in the winter. I just played a few and found myself amazed all over again at how strange and wonderful Space Blues is.

Felt - Pick Only 27

anyone know what's happened to the 'Lawrence of Belgravia' film?

there was a screening of a short (20 odd minutes) work in progress of Lawrence of Belgravia last year at the barbican, along with another paul kerry film about dolly mixture. Lawrence refused to attend because it wasn't a proper premiere.

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Just felt (ha!) like saying that Voyage To Illumination is fucking amazing. Both the song and the title. Who needs lyrics with a title like that anyway?

i'm enjoying this:

http://dominorad.io/show/lawrence_from_felt

Excellent!!! Craving old school radio these days.

That's a really excellent playlist. Old school radio still exists, but it's harder to track down! Google "playlist" and some of your favorite obscure bands, you're bound to find someone on your wavelength.

I do so enjoy artists gushing about their favorite bands, especially when I share their feelings: http://thequietus.com/articles/06604-felt-lawrence-tim-burgess-interview

"she lives by the castle" is so fucking good. you forget people aren't supposed to be good at guitar

how long until those reissues show up?

They're probably coming out the same day as the DVD or the next Go-Kart album. It's very frustrating being a fan at times. I have all those CD reissues that came out 10 years ago. I'd be tempted to try and sell them if I knew the vinyl reissues were on their way.

"gather up your wings and fly" would have done keith emerson proud

Cherry Red have posted a couple of things about the upcoming Felt reissues. Can't wait to see exactly what they are.

https://twitter.com/CherryRedGroup?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

wow thanks

So this latest round is strictly vinyl? Tch, I could go for expanded CDs with all the attendant non-lp tracks.

Is there a link with full details of titles, format and release date?

Not yet. There's just the two posts on Cherry Red's twitter hinting the news is coming soon. Looks like it will be vinyl as they labels say the albums come with a 7" single. Hopefully they'll bring out something on CD and vinyl and it's not too limited.

awesome. i was just looking at prices of forever breathes the lonely word on discogs and was horrified

For years I was content with just the two "Absolute Classic Masterpieces" compilations (plus the other missing singles tracks) but I just bought the first 4 albums on 2 CDs and am very glad I did so*. The juxtaposition of the instrumental pieces with Lawrence's tortured Verlaine-esque vocal tracks is really a key feature to the albums proper.

Next up I think I'll pick up the "Forever Breathes The Lonely Word / Poem Of The River" two-fer.

*I was hoping for expanded reissues from Captured Tracks but they said they're only working on vinyl.

I think it's only the first four albums that came out on those two-fers. I don't think the albums on Creation got the same reissue treatment.