Felt -- Classic or dud??

'forever breathes...' is ace.
they should do a traditional 'best of' maybe.
his best quote is when he says that, despite
being totally broke that
'if i can't do things my way i'm not interested'.

he's like the polar opposite of moby that fella.

not 'genius' or anything but not a disaster either.

from mojo :

all the felt albums and a live dvd - heads up, world.

...for years the indie legends' back catalogue has only been available on a series of undignified twofers (all in the same grey sleeve). now they are to reissue their entire recorded works through cherry red. the process begins with 'stains on a decade' on may 26, which compiles material from the 10 felt singles released on the cherry red and creation labels, with the original 10 albums released two per month until november. 'the albums were never available as we wanted them' says felt frontman lawrence 'so we've got them back to what they originally were - there's no demos or extras, none of that. they're totally minimal, just like we were.'

most intriguing to fans however is the june 23 release of the concert dvd 'a declaration'. 'that was a concert we did at ulu in february 1987...there's songs off poem of the river, forever breathes the lonely word, we do primitive painters, ballad of the band, a good cross section. and it means that people who never saw us can see what we looked like. there's no extras at all just the concert. there'll be
a whole year's worth of felt so the kids can buy something new every month.'

woo hoo !!

Glad to see Lawrence (who I assume is the author of this quote) hasn't changed much...

he's about to speak !
i have my tape recorder running !!

but i suspect they wont.

...and has nearly finished the second Go-Kart Mozart album, to be released in the Autumn

Felt Re-issues

From the latest Cherry Red newsletter [via e-mail] the first two Felt albums are re-issued [on June 16th]:

Felt
Crumbling The Antiseptic Beauty
CDMRED 25
This seminal album is to be released in a limited edition digi-pack and was Felt’s first studio album. This album was a critical and indie chart success, and has been long sought after in its original format. This is the beginning of a major Felt re-issue campaign with all ten studio albums being released over the coming months, including the long deleted but much sought after Creation albums. Felt are a very influential band around the world with many of today’s bands paying homage to the genius of Lawrence, who contrary to rumors is alive and well and has nearly finished the second Go-Kart Mozart album, to be released in the Autumn.

Felt
The Splendor Of Fear
CDMRED 57
This, Felt’s second studio album was deemed another success for them by both the critics and public alike. A special limited edition digi-pack, this release is part of the Felt re-issue campaign which will see all ten of Felt’s studio albums – including the Creation Records recordings, re-issued by Cherry Red.

also:

Felt
A Declaration
CRDVD 25

The first ever DVD to feature one of the most influential and enduringly popular alternative bands of all time, Felt. Felt were formed in 1980 by their enigmatic leader Lawrence, and went on to achieve huge critical acclaim and a hardcore following of devoted fans. They went on to record ten albums (one a year) through the 1980’s. The albums are being reissued in full by Cherry Red Records over the course of the next few months, so interest in the band will be very strong. “A Declaration” is therefore the perfect accompaniment to the album releases. It features a full length concert, filmed at ULU in 1987, with the band, and Lawrence’s songwriting, at the peak of their powers. Amongst the tracks featured are the Indie Chart top twenty hit “Ballad Of The Band”, and, possibly their most recognised track, the Indie Chart number one “Primitive Painters”. The cover artwork was specially designed by Lawrence, and the DVD also features an extremely rare promotional video shot by Danny Weinstein, who also produced the ULU film.

watch out for vintage footage of The Cocteau Twins on Whistle Test tonite!

The Whistle Test Years: 1984 / 1985

Reminder tonight on BBC 2 it's a trip down memory lane as The Whistle Test years, cover 1984 and 1985.

The Whistle Test Years
Thu 12 Jun, 11:50 pm - 12:30 am 40mins

It's 1984 and 1985 this week with music from REM, Billy Bragg, Lou Reed, Sade, Cocteau Twins, Everything But the Girl, The Kane Gang, The Pogues and Suzanne Vega.

lawrence sounding like a tweed jacketed lecturer shocka!!!

Lawrence says not but seems impressed by quote

Liz Kershaw says birmingham 'Bullring' shopping centre(?) mentioned in review, Lawrence talks about how much he likes it.

it's on the way... "and has nearly finished the second Go-Kart Mozart album, to be released in the Autumn"

More Go-Kart Mozart? That doesn't really answer Jim's question... when is another record coming out?

Bull Ring Shopping Centre: brutalist classic. Is it still there? I think we (me & Cozen & Skidmore) had a little row about this at an FAP the same weekend.

Chuffed for Robin.

Gosh, Nicole, I thought I had sent a note on the reissues around. Remind me to double check on my news-informing abilities, they might be staler than I imagined. ;-)

But Tim, was it a trucker hat? This is U&K.

:-)

just browsing France Castle's Instagram (love Clay Pipe & her artwork), and check out this post.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BNR-vtbhaw8/

https://mobile.twitter.com/wrongsreversed/status/802558977020198916

Another view of that incident, this one from a camera behind the goal.

christ Lawrence Of Belgravia is really boring and awful-looking and depressing as all hell. if they showed it in schools to young musicians they'd all go off and do accountancy or something.

Totally agree. I thought it was a massive letdown after the long wait to see it. It really didn't seem as interesting as it could have been.

"Felt reissues, sweet!"
Oh... $40 LPs and $45 CD+7" boxes... no extra tracks... ok so downloads it is.

Felt's entire discography in one place.

no singles *thumbs down*

Yeah, weird

nah, just lazy

Why did they change the name of Crinkle, I wonder?

Lawrence hated the name

I can think of at least a dozen other Laurence-related songs/band names that are more worthy of "hate"

Let the Snakes Eat Crinkle-Cut Fries

there's a bit that really stuck with me in the David Cavanagh book about Creation records where Lawrence talks about Bobby Gillespie asking him if the forthcoming Felt album had a title yet, Lawrence replying that it was going to be called 'Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death' and Gillespie responding with incredulity - "Crinkle? What sort of word's that?"

that's a bit rich coming from a Scottish dude

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Never forget
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Primal_Scream_-_Chaosmosis.png

.

he changed the name and before that he cropped the cover art. was he embarrassed at his headwear?

maybe just realized it was totally un-felt like to have an actual band photo for a cover

or ended hating one of the former members

RIP Martin Duffy

Aww man RIP teenage genius.

Awww, creator of some of the most beautiful music. Waaaaay too young.

Incredibly sad. Martin's playing sparkled over Felt's best records and added a lustre to every musical situation he was involved in. a true keyboard wizard.

Totally agree with that. The Felt albums he played on are the best. He was also one of the people responsible for bringing back keyboards as a "rock" instrument. There hadn't really been any fresh & distinctive keyboard players outside of synth-pop since maybe Una Baines.

I mean, come on!
Here's the link to the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulTQW6oFoTs

Whoops wrong ling. I mean this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-9bv1FO72A

Ling link whatevs. Ok I'm going to bed. RIP Mr. Duffy. A great keyboard player!

How rare was it for that generation of musicians to use organ rather than synth in the mid-80s? I can only think of Talk Talk as an example.

It wasn’t super-common but also by no means unheard-of, most often involving acts who were more or less 60s / beat inspired - off the top of my head you can expect to hear organ on records by the likes of the Prisoners, Makin’ Time, TVPs, Jasmine Minks, bit later on the Sea Urchins, Inspiral Carpets.

Interesting, though if Duffy was using a Hammond, that's a lot more trouble to take on the road than a more compact "garage-rock" style organ.

Identify the keyboard, nerds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuXIMylGQKo