Go Kart Mozart - Marc Riley Session #2 12th February 2018
― new noise, Sunday, 25 February 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
"But on the rest of the album he just applied his Cocteau Twins techniques to Felt, which I didn't want him to do at all." well poo on you lawrence but this is one of guthrie's best production jobs.
― akm, Sunday, 25 February 2018 21:42 (six years ago) link
Case #4394016 where an artist can't appreciate their own work.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 26 February 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
Although he supposedly hated the sound on Poem Of The River even more - the rumour has it he threw the tapes in the Thames, although I think that's a tall story. Wonder if he'd remix that too, given access.
― PaulTMA, Monday, 26 February 2018 18:01 (six years ago) link
in lawrence's defence i don't think i've ever read anything about ignite that hasn't been critical of the production.
― new noise, Monday, 26 February 2018 18:14 (six years ago) link
http://www.furious.com/perfect/felt.html
I was going to chuck these tapes into the Thames and tell McGee there's no album. He said, 'I've put my last six grand into this album. I've sold it to all these European companies! If you don't deliver the tapes, I'm finished and Creation's finished!' I had to give it to him!
― new noise, Monday, 26 February 2018 18:20 (six years ago) link
Listened to the remixed tracks from "Ignite The Seven Cannons". I think I'm just too used to the original versions, these don't seem like an improvement at all.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 4 March 2018 01:37 (six years ago) link
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i bet mcgee had a similar talk with kevin shields, and i bet kevin shields just went ahead and chucked it into the river
― i remember the corned beef of my childhood (Karl Malone), Sunday, 4 March 2018 01:39 (six years ago) link
Eye-opening interview from MAURICE DEEBANK no lesshttps://www.outsideleft.com/main.php?updateID=1528
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 4 March 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link
wow!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Sunday, 4 March 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
Why am I enjoying the new one so much?
― afriendlypioneer, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:13 (six years ago) link
Has Maurice Deebank gone on the record before to that extent?
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 15:48 (six years ago) link
thank you for reminding me to read this. enjoying it so far!
At sixteen I acquired my first electric guitar. It really was an amazing event, as I could now learn techniques and conjure up sounds that hitherto had been out of reach. It was at that time that I encountered a fellow villager named, Lawrence.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 16:00 (six years ago) link
he really knocks the answer to "what was your musical vision?" out of the park!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 16:09 (six years ago) link
Glad to read his side of things for once. So much frustration.
― burzum buddies (brownie), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 16:16 (six years ago) link
His ego is so massive he makes Lawrence look humble in comparison
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
Seems like a fairly troubled individual? He hasn't done anything since Felt at all, has he? Over 30 years ago.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 17:20 (six years ago) link
by the end i found myself wondering the same thingwondering what he had been up to if he only made one solo album since then (and he was a very enjoyable guitarist to listen to, but i haven't heard his solo album -- nor do i expect it to be "indie" lol)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 17:25 (six years ago) link
Not as good as Vini Reilly, I'm afraid to say.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
if you like the instrumental stuff on the early felt albums you'll probably enjoy his solo record (which was made when he was still in felt).
― new noise, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
he made this one song with saint etienne
― new noise, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
I really like Inner Thought Zone! It's got a few tracks reminiscent of early Felt (The Watery Song, Golden Hills, Dance of Deliverance) and some other more classical guitar-type stuff that's really great but slides into kinda new age treacliness (which I don't mind at all) like So Serene and a Tale from Scriabin's Lonely Trail
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
wow the Spanish tv video linked in the Deebank interview is great, hadn't seen it before. it's better quality than that awful official live DVD from 15 years ago or so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUcw_CkIkT8
― piscesx, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 18:48 (six years ago) link
yeah, that was posted above.
i feel bad for maurice. but he will live forever.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
slides into kinda new age treacliness (which I don't mind at all) like So Serene and a Tale from Scriabin's Lonely Trail
those tracks you singled out (and a couple of others) were recorded for the album's cd release in 1992.
― new noise, Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:05 (six years ago) link
Interesting that Golden Hills is from 1992, it sounds to me one of the most Crumbling-like tracks!
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Tuesday, 6 March 2018 21:24 (six years ago) link
Listened to the remixed tracks from "Ignite The Seven Cannons". I think I'm just too used to the original versions, these don't seem like an improvement at all.― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, March 4, 2018 12:37 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
heh, I'm on my first play and I've got the exact opposite view. it's a huge improvement for me
― Isi, Sunday, 11 March 2018 12:19 (six years ago) link
Fair enough. I didn't listen to them back-to-back, maybe that will give me a different perspective.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 11 March 2018 12:46 (six years ago) link
A nice look back at Forever here: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/felt-forever-breathes-the-lonely-word/amp/
― brimstead, Sunday, 26 May 2019 23:15 (four years ago) link
Nice. That was my first Felt acquisition (well, the twofer with Poem of the River) almost a decade after its release, and seems destined to be my favourite forever. The "Cherry Red/Deebank >>>> Creation/Duffy" talk at that time seemed overwhelming so a piece just straight out stating that Forever is their best record is fine by me.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 27 May 2019 04:18 (four years ago) link
“a wave crashed on rocks” might be my favorite felt song
― brimstead, Monday, 27 May 2019 04:30 (four years ago) link
Surprise guest appearance by an ILX0r in that writeup.
― TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 27 May 2019 12:43 (four years ago) link
"Denim On Ice", love that album, the songs are so catchy and the lyrics are stupendous.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Sunday, 26 April 2020 16:59 (four years ago) link
I had the first two songs from that stuck in my head for weeks last year. A headband over the ocean! Great stuff.
― brimstead, Sunday, 26 April 2020 19:23 (four years ago) link
I've only recently gotten into Felt and got into Ignite the Seven Cannons through the remaster/remix. Man, the original version is so different. I know it's somewhat unpopular (well, it appears to be somewhat unpopular), but I think it's pretty fascinating and even a bit enjoyable after fully submersing myself in the remaster/remix. I think the mix definitely gets in the way of the songs, particularly something hooky like 'The Day the Rain Come Down,' but it totally works on another songs.
― afriendlypioneer, Monday, 27 April 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
I adore the original "Seven Cannons" and was quite taken aback by the new version. Which songs to you think benefit the most on the new version?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 27 April 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
I definitely prefer the originals to the de-guthrie’d tracks, love all that shimmery icing... but I think it’s cool on the new disc because it sounds more like Felt, the band, playing. maybe more of a direct line to the creation records
― brimstead, Monday, 27 April 2020 18:11 (four years ago) link
the first two felt albums are like tapestries that just kinda unfurl forever, a ribbon that ties around the whole earth. deserts, snowy tundras, the pacific ocean, all thatI'm going to listen to them all morning
― brimstead, Monday, 27 April 2020 18:14 (four years ago) link
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― PaulTMA, Thursday, 10 June 2021 12:28 (two years ago) link
I really appreciate that it is low alcohol in contrast to these rancid Special Brew-strength ales that are all the rage these days
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 10 June 2021 12:29 (two years ago) link
I love both Lawrence and Wreckless Eric so it was a surprise to only find out now that Eric had done a response song to The Great Pub Rock Revival. It is quite something. Apparently they later made up.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_mlFyn_1w4
― everything, Sunday, 20 June 2021 23:34 (two years ago) link
We're gonna make a record and put it out on Record Store Day.
― visiting, Saturday, 17 July 2021 06:09 (two years ago) link
Not much of a song but it looks like Lawrence has a lot of the same records as me.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Saturday, 17 July 2021 07:46 (two years ago) link
Lawrence interview in the guardian todayhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/27/lawrence-interview-felt-denim-mozart-estateHidden away in there is the news that he will have a new LP out under the name "Mozart Estate"
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 19:05 (one year ago) link
i feel as if i have read a version of this article every few years for the last two decades. as a Lawrence agnostic it's still always interesting to read but i do wish they would get over the 'should have been / could have been famous' schtick, every single time.
― stirmonster, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 19:47 (one year ago) link
Was going to say exactly that. Also, I think the main photo was almost identical to one featured in a previous article of maybe a decade ago ago.
― Luna Schlosser, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link
yeah really not a great article, but nice there's a new LP on the way
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
Also, I think the main photo was almost identical to one featured in a previous article of maybe a decade ago ago.
You aren't wrong. Here he is from 2011:https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/20/lawrence-of-belgraviahttps://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Music/Pix/pictures/2011/10/19/1319037517163/Lawrence-of-Belgravia-007.jpg?width=620&quality=85&fit=max&s=03b5935f966a6f8e7f800017649c2ba9
And from 2014:https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/01/lawrence-felt-denim-go-kart-mozarthttps://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/2/26/1393422193018/Lawrence-011.jpg?width=620&quality=85&fit=max&s=e34c5d5aa3418d706d68a4f0da3dddcf
And 2022:https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jul/27/lawrence-interview-felt-denim-mozart-estatehttps://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bf6feccce5c6cf744d7f6e7fdebb0e3ce0985d82/0_287_6612_3967/master/6612.jpg?width=1020&quality=85&fit=max&s=6e48138d9f91db121abc0970d54eab7b
Perhaps his right side is his best side.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 20:43 (one year ago) link
I feel a bit weird about hearing the "you can't use the toilet" thing so much - if its a genuine thing (that Lawrence would find it actually distressing) and I've no reason to believe it isn't, then it feels weird to write about it (unless in a really compassionate way). And if its anything else, it just feels a bit ... repeated.
― djh, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 20:44 (one year ago) link
Was he always a bit camera shy, or is it "getting old sucks and I don't want to show too much"?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link