― Nicole, Tuesday, 7 November 2000 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Matthew, Sunday, 19 November 2000 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
I've got the 2 ACS compilations. There are some great tracks scattered across them, but also some dreary and pointless meandering. I don't think anything they did was lyrically or musically outstanding, and it's clear from their followers that a lot of the attraction depends on the image of the band as detached outsiders, speaking to their own cult, rather than the work they did.
Denim are better.
― Jon Norton, Wednesday, 29 November 2000 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
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― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 26 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
'forever breathes...' is ace. they should do a traditional 'best of' maybe.his best quote is when he says that, despitebeing 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.
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 18 March 2003 13:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
― flowersdie (flowersdie), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 14:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
not 'genius' or anything but not a disaster either.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 14:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 18 March 2003 19:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
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― flowersdie (flowersdie), Wednesday, 19 March 2003 09:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
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 bea whole year's worth of felt so the kids can buy something new every month.'
woo hoo !!
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 22 April 2003 12:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 12:34 (twenty years ago) link
Glad to see Lawrence (who I assume is the author of this quote) hasn't changed much...
― donut bitch (donut), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 15:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 April 2003 15:38 (twenty years ago) link
he's about to speak !i have my tape recorder running !!
― piscesboy, Thursday, 12 June 2003 10:12 (twenty years ago) link
― kate (kate), Thursday, 12 June 2003 10:15 (twenty years ago) link
but i suspect they wont.
― piscesboy, Thursday, 12 June 2003 10:18 (twenty years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 12 June 2003 10:38 (twenty years ago) link
...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]:
FeltCrumbling The Antiseptic BeautyCDMRED 25This 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.
FeltThe Splendor Of FearCDMRED 57This, 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:
FeltA DeclarationCRDVD 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.
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― pulpo, Thursday, 12 June 2003 12:48 (twenty years ago) link
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 YearsThu 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.
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 12 June 2003 12:51 (twenty years ago) link
lawrence sounding like a tweed jacketed lecturer shocka!!!
― pulpo, Thursday, 12 June 2003 12:54 (twenty years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 12 June 2003 12:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Nicole (Nicole), Thursday, 12 June 2003 12:58 (twenty years ago) link
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.
― pulpo, Thursday, 12 June 2003 13:06 (twenty years ago) link
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?
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Thursday, 12 June 2003 13:09 (twenty years ago) link
umm because guthrie produced the album?
― new noise, Saturday, 18 February 2017 18:58 (seven years ago) link
wtf happened to those reissues? surely Lawrence needs some more heroin. he should be reissuing everything.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 18 February 2017 18:59 (seven years ago) link
The Cocteau Twins were fans of Felt and invited us to tour with them in 1984. We became friends and Robin Guthrie said he'd like to produce us.
― new noise, Saturday, 18 February 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
this interview is pretty exhaustive on how Guthrie came to produce Ignite, and the recording of Primitive Painters:
http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/an-interview-with-lawrence-primitive-painters-was-this-great-big-statement-felt-were-going-to-be-massive-69839
― soref, Saturday, 18 February 2017 19:58 (seven years ago) link
Over the years I’ve collected some of the master tapes and on the reissues that are coming out, I’ve tried to extract the Cocteau Twins from my record
hmmm...
― a but (brimstead), Saturday, 18 February 2017 20:13 (seven years ago) link
i emailed cherry red about the reissues 6 months ago and they said it was looking like sometime in 2017, then i tweeted at them the other week and they said they had no news
― just another (diamonddave85), Saturday, 18 February 2017 22:23 (seven years ago) link
Just checked earlier in the thread and it was last July when they first posted those tweets suggesting the reissues were on their way. I'm sure they even put up pictures of Lawrence signing them.
When the last Go-Kart album came out, my first order of the vinyl seemed to get lost in the post. When I contacted Cherry Red about it they said Lawrence would happily send out a replacement copy but "it might be a while to get it signed as Lawrence has disappeared on us again". I'm guessing that he's behind the delays.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 18 February 2017 22:43 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for that Uncut link, exactly what I was looking for!
There are some days "Primitive Painters" is the most perfect song ever.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 19 February 2017 01:57 (seven years ago) link
https://www.mixcloud.com/WEEKEND_Festival/weekend-mixtape5-lawrence/
Many of the songs in this podcast, which Lawrence recorded exclusively for Week-End, will only be known to aficionados, yet they lay bare the foundations on which indie and Britpop was built. An unusual history lesson by an indie icon who rarely talks, but who turns out to be a very eloquent speaker.
― new noise, Sunday, 19 February 2017 04:40 (seven years ago) link
Listened to Felt all day today. Perfect for a rainy winter day.
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 19 February 2017 05:06 (seven years ago) link
just browsing France Castle's Instagram (love Clay Pipe & her artwork), and check out this post.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BNR-vtbhaw8/
― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 19 February 2017 06:02 (seven years ago) link
https://mobile.twitter.com/wrongsreversed/status/802558977020198916
Another view of that incident, this one from a camera behind the goal.
― Tim, Sunday, 19 February 2017 08:19 (seven years ago) link
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.
― piscesx, Saturday, 1 April 2017 14:22 (six years ago) link
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.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 1 April 2017 20:22 (six years ago) link
"Felt reissues, sweet!"Oh... $40 LPs and $45 CD+7" boxes... no extra tracks... ok so downloads it is.
― my dreams in the hell-pits (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 8 March 2018 21:37 (six years ago) link
Felt's entire discography in one place.
― giraffe, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
no singles *thumbs down*
― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
Yeah, weird
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
nah, just lazy
― fbclid=fhAZ3l (f. hazel), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:39 (three years ago) link
Why did they change the name of Crinkle, I wonder?
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:47 (three years ago) link
Lawrence hated the name
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
I can think of at least a dozen other Laurence-related songs/band names that are more worthy of "hate"
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
Let the Snakes Eat Crinkle-Cut Fries
― fbclid=fhAZ3l (f. hazel), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
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?"
― soref, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
that's a bit rich coming from a Scottish dude
― fbclid=fhAZ3l (f. hazel), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/91/90112/full-1080x1350/5d48314c/60455432_2492647757656739_3307904735600062668_n.jpeg?resolution=0
― henry s, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
Never forgethttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/63/Primal_Scream_-_Chaosmosis.png
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
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― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
he changed the name and before that he cropped the cover art. was he embarrassed at his headwear?
― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 22:58 (three years ago) link
maybe just realized it was totally un-felt like to have an actual band photo for a cover
― brimstead, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 22:59 (three years ago) link
or ended hating one of the former members
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 23:10 (three years ago) link
RIP Martin Duffy
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 10:36 (one year ago) link
Aww man RIP teenage genius.
― Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 12:49 (one year ago) link
Awww, creator of some of the most beautiful music. Waaaaay too young.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
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.
― cw, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
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.
― everything, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 22:16 (one year ago) link
I mean, come on!Here's the link to the song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulTQW6oFoTs
― everything, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 07:04 (one year ago) link
Whoops wrong ling. I mean this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-9bv1FO72A
― everything, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 07:05 (one year ago) link
Ling link whatevs. Ok I'm going to bed. RIP Mr. Duffy. A great keyboard player!
― everything, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 07:07 (one year ago) link
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.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 17:54 (one year ago) link
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.
― Tim, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 19:33 (one year ago) link
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.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 21 December 2022 21:13 (one year ago) link
Identify the keyboard, nerds.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuXIMylGQKo
― everything, Thursday, 22 December 2022 06:36 (one year ago) link