Felt
Bubblegum Perfume
Boomkat Product Review:
The ideal starting point for anyone who's looking to get into Felt, 'Bubblegum Perfume' assembles Brummie outsider Lawrence's 1980s dizzying Creation run into a tight set of virtuosic experimental pop that's still just as confounding as it was back then.
Although Lawrence had always known he was going to be a star, it's taken a while for the rest of the world to get up to speed with his ambitions. The uncompromising Birmingham-born visionary founded Felt in 1979 and put together 10 albums and 10 singles over 10 years, disbanding the outfit in 1989. And while they never achieved the commercial success that Lawrence and many of his followers knew they deserved, they inspired a wave of countless bands from The Wedding Present and Belle & Sebastian to The Pastels and The Charlatans. 'Bubblegum Perfume' ties a silk bow around their pristine run of Creation releases, assembling their finest moments into a relatively bite-sized set of jangling art pop that's still never been bettered. If you've never come across Felt or Lawrence before, there's really no better place to start.
Lawrence's bizarrely dreamy introspection is immediately evident on the brief, brilliant opening track 'I Will Die With My Head In Flames', that twins Martin Duffy's sparkling organ lines with spindly surf rock guitars and Lawrence's own despondent poetics. Almost over before it's started, it neatly characterises Felt's radio pop prowess, doing more in just over a minute than most bands manage in a career. From here we're treated to cultish classics like 'Space Blues', an electrified dirge that combines wonky p-funk synths and hammond organ vamps with cinematic orchestral flourishes, and the David Sylvian-like 'Be Still' that couches Lawrence's voice in swirling, crepuscular atmospherics.
From track to track it's hard to predict where Felt might go next. The coherent theme is Lawrence himeself, and while his time with Felt was pocked by regular disagreements with cycling band members and liaisons with starry engineers like Robin Guthrie and John Leckie, his guiding hand kept Felt from making mistakes the C86 generation repeated over and over. It's music that sings loudly of an '80s reality that trampled on Lawrence's West Midlands home, retaining hope and humble, self-deprecating humor in the face of factory closures and dwindling prospects for 80's youth. The compilation ends with 'Ballad of the Band', a much-copied early single (Felt's first for Creation) that addressed Lawrence's struggles with guitarist Maurice Deebank while he was still in the band, although he had left by the time it was released.
This mythology and unusual level of self awareness makes Felt a rare and fascinating prospect decades later, their influence can be heard throughout the art pop landscape, from Broadcast to Hood and beyond.
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Pink coloured vinyl.
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Boomkat Product Review:
The ideal starting point for anyone who's looking to get into Felt, 'Bubblegum Perfume' assembles Brummie outsider Lawrence's 1980s dizzying Creation run into a tight set of virtuosic experimental pop that's still just as confounding as it was back then.
Although Lawrence had always known he was going to be a star, it's taken a while for the rest of the world to get up to speed with his ambitions. The uncompromising Birmingham-born visionary founded Felt in 1979 and put together 10 albums and 10 singles over 10 years, disbanding the outfit in 1989. And while they never achieved the commercial success that Lawrence and many of his followers knew they deserved, they inspired a wave of countless bands from The Wedding Present and Belle & Sebastian to The Pastels and The Charlatans. 'Bubblegum Perfume' ties a silk bow around their pristine run of Creation releases, assembling their finest moments into a relatively bite-sized set of jangling art pop that's still never been bettered. If you've never come across Felt or Lawrence before, there's really no better place to start.
Lawrence's bizarrely dreamy introspection is immediately evident on the brief, brilliant opening track 'I Will Die With My Head In Flames', that twins Martin Duffy's sparkling organ lines with spindly surf rock guitars and Lawrence's own despondent poetics. Almost over before it's started, it neatly characterises Felt's radio pop prowess, doing more in just over a minute than most bands manage in a career. From here we're treated to cultish classics like 'Space Blues', an electrified dirge that combines wonky p-funk synths and hammond organ vamps with cinematic orchestral flourishes, and the David Sylvian-like 'Be Still' that couches Lawrence's voice in swirling, crepuscular atmospherics.
From track to track it's hard to predict where Felt might go next. The coherent theme is Lawrence himeself, and while his time with Felt was pocked by regular disagreements with cycling band members and liaisons with starry engineers like Robin Guthrie and John Leckie, his guiding hand kept Felt from making mistakes the C86 generation repeated over and over. It's music that sings loudly of an '80s reality that trampled on Lawrence's West Midlands home, retaining hope and humble, self-deprecating humor in the face of factory closures and dwindling prospects for 80's youth. The compilation ends with 'Ballad of the Band', a much-copied early single (Felt's first for Creation) that addressed Lawrence's struggles with guitarist Maurice Deebank while he was still in the band, although he had left by the time it was released.
This mythology and unusual level of self awareness makes Felt a rare and fascinating prospect decades later, their influence can be heard throughout the art pop landscape, from Broadcast to Hood and beyond.
Black vinyl LP.
Available To Order (Estimated Shipping between 7-14 Working Days)
This item is to the best of our knowledge available to us from the supplier and should ship to you within the time-frame indicated. If there are any unforeseen issues with availability we will notify you immediately
Boomkat Product Review:
The ideal starting point for anyone who's looking to get into Felt, 'Bubblegum Perfume' assembles Brummie outsider Lawrence's 1980s dizzying Creation run into a tight set of virtuosic experimental pop that's still just as confounding as it was back then.
Although Lawrence had always known he was going to be a star, it's taken a while for the rest of the world to get up to speed with his ambitions. The uncompromising Birmingham-born visionary founded Felt in 1979 and put together 10 albums and 10 singles over 10 years, disbanding the outfit in 1989. And while they never achieved the commercial success that Lawrence and many of his followers knew they deserved, they inspired a wave of countless bands from The Wedding Present and Belle & Sebastian to The Pastels and The Charlatans. 'Bubblegum Perfume' ties a silk bow around their pristine run of Creation releases, assembling their finest moments into a relatively bite-sized set of jangling art pop that's still never been bettered. If you've never come across Felt or Lawrence before, there's really no better place to start.
Lawrence's bizarrely dreamy introspection is immediately evident on the brief, brilliant opening track 'I Will Die With My Head In Flames', that twins Martin Duffy's sparkling organ lines with spindly surf rock guitars and Lawrence's own despondent poetics. Almost over before it's started, it neatly characterises Felt's radio pop prowess, doing more in just over a minute than most bands manage in a career. From here we're treated to cultish classics like 'Space Blues', an electrified dirge that combines wonky p-funk synths and hammond organ vamps with cinematic orchestral flourishes, and the David Sylvian-like 'Be Still' that couches Lawrence's voice in swirling, crepuscular atmospherics.
From track to track it's hard to predict where Felt might go next. The coherent theme is Lawrence himeself, and while his time with Felt was pocked by regular disagreements with cycling band members and liaisons with starry engineers like Robin Guthrie and John Leckie, his guiding hand kept Felt from making mistakes the C86 generation repeated over and over. It's music that sings loudly of an '80s reality that trampled on Lawrence's West Midlands home, retaining hope and humble, self-deprecating humor in the face of factory closures and dwindling prospects for 80's youth. The compilation ends with 'Ballad of the Band', a much-copied early single (Felt's first for Creation) that addressed Lawrence's struggles with guitarist Maurice Deebank while he was still in the band, although he had left by the time it was released.
This mythology and unusual level of self awareness makes Felt a rare and fascinating prospect decades later, their influence can be heard throughout the art pop landscape, from Broadcast to Hood and beyond.
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