CD: CDMRED200
RELEASED: 2003
LABEL: Cherry Red

01. Something Sends Me To Sleep
02. Trails Of Colour Dissolve
03. Penelop Tree
04. Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow
05. Fortune
06. Dismantled King Is Off The Throne
07. Primitive Painters
08. Ballad Of The Band
09. I Didnt Mean To Hurt You
10. I Will Die With My Head In Flames
11. Bandmans On The Rise Again
12. The Final Resting Of The Ark
13. Theres No Such Thing As Victory
14. Be Still
15. Space Blues

A Cherry Red and Creation Records artifact. Always out of time, Felt have become a name to drop 13 years after their demise. Belle and Sebastian and Death in Vegas are fans, and the hotly tipped Tyde sound so like them, there's virtually grounds for a lawsuit. However, this compilation proves Felt were matchlessly, defiantly odd. Reclusive leader Lawrence Hayward was an evocative lyricist, but also suffered a cheese phobia and fired band members for having curly hair. Their sound changed continually - classical guitar filigree, cocktail jazz, Satie-ish instrumentals, shimmering pop - as if Felt were trying to alienate what few fans they had. In fact, they were adhering to a "masterplan" and were so perplexed by its commercial failure, they started writing gloriously melancholic songs about it. After 10 years, 10 singles and 10 albums - apparently that was the plan - Felt split, leaving behind some of the 1980s' most unique, mysterious and charming music. If you don't have anything by them, this is a wonderful introduction to Felt.

Influences / Similar Artists:
The Smiths, The Church, Cocteau Twins, Television