Felt
19 articles
Audio interviews
Interview by Martin Aston, Rock's Backpages audio, August 1985
The Felt mainman on guitarist Maurice Deebank's departure; what Felt are; the new album Ignite the Seven Cannons; the meaning of existentialism; his lack of interest in the outside world; how he writes; Deebank's contribution; his elaborate song titles; the Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie and Elizabeth Fraser; his dislike of his hometown Birmingham; current label Cherry Red vs. new home Creation; the Weather Prophets and Primal Scream, and being a fan of Vic Godard.
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Interview by Dave McCullough, Sounds, 17 January 1981
THIS IS getting ridiculous. I'll have to do a heavy metal band soon. You mean you don't even drink? Jon Lawrence said No with a ...
Felt: The Moonlight Club, London
Live Review by Dave McCullough, Sounds, 31 January 1981
RATHER FRAGILE and stark, Felt played the Moonlight as support to some Godforsaken lacquery crew named Modern English and most of the time looked distinctly ...
Interview by Mick Sinclair, Sounds, 9 October 1982
FELT boast of their brilliance to MICK SINCLAIR ...
The Fall, Danse Society, Felt: Lyceum, London
Live Review by Mick Sinclair, Sounds, 18 December 1982
FELT ARE hinged around guitarist and singer (in that order) Lawrence, a lovably naive, hick-ish figure from a village just outside Birmingham. ...
Interview by Jon Wilde, ZigZag, August 1984
John Scott Wilde in cahoots with Lawrence of Felt ...
Felt: The Strange Idol Pattern And Other Short Stories (Cherry Red)
Review by Martin Aston, Melody Maker, 3 November 1984
THERE IS A singular atmosphere to Felt's music. Their dreamy guitar excursions are a pure extension of mood, not intent, and as such have no ...
Felt: Thames Polytechnic, London
Live Review by Robin Gibson, Sounds, 18 May 1985
FELT ALWAYS make music from a magic carpet. Tonight, though, they had to fight to stay aboard; their starry-eyed, uniquely shy pop constantly mauled by ...
Interview by Bill Prince, New Musical Express, 12 October 1985
"I just love beautiful things..." BILL PRINCE interrogates Lawrence on the immortal carvings and primitive future of FELT. ...
Interview by Chris Roberts, Sounds, 2 November 1985
Chris Roberts asks Felt, are you lonesome tonight? ...
Felt: Forever Breathes The Lonely Word (Creation)
Review by Mark Sinker, New Musical Express, 11 October 1986
...(ROCK IS dead?) I think we can do better than that. The thing about Felt (which was that they sounded like everyone else) hasn't changed. ...
Felt: Poem Of The River (Creation)
Review by Neil Taylor, New Musical Express, 4 July 1987
THE MOST FASCINATING aspect of the band Felt is Lawrence's insatiable urge to constantly free-fall the perimeters of his creative ability. ...
Felt: The Pictorial Jackson Review (Creation)
Review by Jon Wilde, Melody Maker, 14 May 1988
SPACED ODDITY ...
Live Review by Keith Cameron, Sounds, 23 July 1988
FELT, IF NOT a maligned band, are certainly underrated by a great many people, while far less adept '60s archivists like Primal Scream are praised ...
Felt: Too Much Monkey Business
Interview by Bob Stanley, Melody Maker, 9 December 1989
THE RECENT ME AND A MONKEY ON THE MOON LP WAS FELT'S LAST SHOT, THE COMPLETION OF A 10-YEAR PLAN, THE PRE-DESTINED END OF THE ...
Felt: Bubblegum Perfume (Creation)
Review by Bob Stanley, Melody Maker, 30 June 1990
WHEN IT COMES TO individuality and wilful peversity, Lawrence's only rival is Prince. In ten years he guided Felt through ten LPs and ten singles, ...
Felt/Denim: There Can Be Only One Lawrence — Meticulous Genius, Confounded.
Profile and Interview by Mick Houghton, MOJO, February 2003
IN 1986, WHEN Felt signed to Creation Records, stories quickly circulated about the oddness of the band's leader. ...
Killed by Felt: Tim Burgess discusses his love of Lawrence and "Birmingham's best band ever"
Interview by Wyndham Wallace, The Quietus, 18 July 2011
Wyndham Wallace takes a road trip from London to Essen, Germany, with a truckload of CDs, LPs, and the unlikely company of the Charlatans' Tim ...
"I Want Lou Reed To Kick Me Down The Stairs" — Lawrence Interviewed
Interview by Jude Rogers, The Quietus, 6 April 2012
Indie-pop outsider extraordinaire Lawrence — the Felt/Denim/Go-Kart-Mozart frontman who turned 51 last month — talks to Jude Rogers about sounding like Nicki Minaj and his ...
see also Denim
see also Go-Kart Mozart
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