― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 11 April 2005 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 11 April 2005 14:35 (nineteen years ago) link
grr.
i always kept meaning to pick it up .. but never plumped up the hard earned for it ..
i suspect a lifetime of regret to follow on now ..
― mark e (mark e), Monday, 11 April 2005 14:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 11 April 2005 14:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― everything, Monday, 11 April 2005 14:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 11 April 2005 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link
One of my my fav moment was when Select interviewed a bunch of people about the Exciting New Oasis album and Lawrence Hayward was like, "Oh god I hate it when musicians start singing about their kids.... They should be singing about fucking in the bushes, not their stupid families."
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Monday, 11 April 2005 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link
Obviously a new Denim album would perhaps be even more glorious, Denim Takes Over has been on the cards since, um, about 1997 maybe? I love the idea that in Lawrence's mind there is zero overlap between Denim and GKM and that they serve entirely different purposes and appeal to totally different audiences, and songs are specifically written either for one or the other.
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Monday, 11 April 2005 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Momus (Momus), Monday, 11 April 2005 15:52 (nineteen years ago) link
This is great news! I was just ranting to someone this weekend that Lawrence has never even received half of the recognition that he deserves.
― Leon WK (Ex Leon), Monday, 11 April 2005 18:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Diego Valladolid (dvalladt), Monday, 11 April 2005 18:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Deluxe (Damian), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 01:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:41 (nineteen years ago) link
Mooro, can you link to that ETA song again?
Please and thank you.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 08:54 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00097HDW2/ref=cm_mp_wli_/202-7893692-0081442
is being released the same day as this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00093UQUC/ref=cm_mp_wli_/202-7893692-0081442
Wich I think it's a very happy coincidence.
― Diego Valladolid (dvalladt), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:50 (nineteen years ago) link
I've only just got hold of the St Etienne! Overdosing on Most Antipated Records For Several Years, today. I should probably listen to it now.
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Saturday, 14 May 2005 08:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― retort pouch (retort pouch), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 01:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 02:10 (nineteen years ago) link
If you can't appreciate the towering majesty of songs like "Drinkin' Um Bongo" then I feel sorry for you.
― retort pouch (retort pouch), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 02:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 02:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 06:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 11:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― cw (cww), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hutlock (Hutlock), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 14:01 (nineteen years ago) link
It is less psychotic than the last one. It is not dissimilar to Novelty Rock, perhaps. At first I thought it was just an album of "Summer Smash"seses... I don't want to say that it has more 'depth' than that, because, that would be pretty wanky. But. They are "real" songs, yes.
Also, as last time: recommended listening, lyrics to track from next album, bandname suggestions (Shoes & Socks! Salamanda Palaganda!), 'new records to look out for' etc etc. The whole package is a beautiful thing, there is certainly no question at all of this being some kind of sub-Denim pissabout (not that I thought the last album was either, but I gather that others kind of did).
On $|$|< the other day I located a guy who was sharing an unreleased 1998-era-ish version of Denim Takes Over. This was quite surprising. "Trangressions", "City Centre" and "Delta Echo" from the new GKM are also on this, and "At The DDU" apparently previously existed as "Lorra Laughs, Cilla". I need to lavish more time on the rest of it, but, fantastic.
The (Bob Stanley) review of Go-Kart Mozart in the current Uncut includes teensy interview wherein Lawrence claims that a third album will be out later this year, I can't remember if he was referring to Denim or GKM. But the prospect of either is pretty glorious.
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 15:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 16:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hutlock (Hutlock), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 17:45 (nineteen years ago) link
!!!
How come I never find anything like that on $|$|< nowadays?
― Leon Federline (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 17:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Some downloads here, including Denim's mythical "Summer Smash" single! Good site in general, that. Check out the pictures page, I'll be scouring eBay for those Denim patches and beermats.
― retort pouch (retort pouch), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 23:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Monday, 23 May 2005 23:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― prellie, Tuesday, 24 May 2005 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 13:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― southern lights, Wednesday, 25 May 2005 02:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― retort pouch (retort pouch), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 02:15 (nineteen years ago) link
http://felt2.home.sapo.pt/gkm-Elephant_trunk.mp3
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 07:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Diego Valladolid (dvalladt), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 07:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― nigel silver, Monday, 10 October 2005 08:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Got pics, mp3, discography, etc.
Drop by.Cheers,Rui
― Rui H., Monday, 31 October 2005 11:26 (eighteen years ago) link
In the meantime, as an intro for the uninitiated, here's what I wrote about the record nearly four years ago (gasp!).
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 7 April 2006 07:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 7 April 2006 07:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Real Goths Don't Wear Black (Enrique), Friday, 7 April 2006 07:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 7 April 2006 07:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― cw (cww), Friday, 7 April 2006 08:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Doncaster (Alex in Doncaster), Sunday, 9 April 2006 21:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Sunday, 9 April 2006 21:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Rotherham (Alex in Doncaster), Monday, 10 April 2006 07:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― christophe, Thursday, 13 April 2006 06:16 (eighteen years ago) link
i feel as if i have read a version of this article every few years for the last two decades.
It doesn't help that he tends to announce the title of the next album right after the last album has come out, and then it takes years before it's actually released. So you get multiple articles over several years that are like, "yeah, we're working on the next album now, it's called Mozart's Mini-Mart!"
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Thursday, 28 July 2022 19:57 (two years ago) link
Things I'd be genuinely interested to learn from a Lawrence interview in 2022: (i) dude wtf do you do all day? and (b) what do you make a month? like srsly, putting aside all the dismantled king shit, where does the money come from?
― fetter, Friday, 29 July 2022 22:49 (two years ago) link
God, The Stagnant Pool fucking tears
― Mule, Friday, 29 July 2022 22:58 (two years ago) link
x-postBoth questions feel a bit too intrusive though? Not sure I’d like to be asked to justify what I do all day or account for my finances.
― Luna Schlosser, Friday, 29 July 2022 23:39 (two years ago) link
Lawrence is obviously very mentally ill
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 30 July 2022 00:12 (two years ago) link
yeah that does cross my mind from time to time, he has the behaviour and mannerisms of a friend of mine who is a diagnosed schizophrenic (and also a musician), however have to remember that it isn't great to do armchair diagnoses, and it's ultimately none of our business
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 30 July 2022 09:12 (two years ago) link
It is certainly not obvious that he is "very mentally ill".
― Let's Get Ready to Trimble (Tom D.), Saturday, 30 July 2022 09:39 (two years ago) link
Sorry that was worded really badly
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 30 July 2022 12:14 (two years ago) link
The Hebden Bridge gig was fun enough. Lawrence remains a not particularly engaging stage presence but he's got a good, young, excitable new band with him and they seemed to be enjoying themselves. Not sure he needed to do "Relative Poverty" twice though.
Finally watched Lawrence of Belgravia last night and thought it was a nice portrait of the man - glad there's no toilet/Summer Smash stuff in there. I'm still not sure if he really believes the "I should have been really, really famous" stuff.
― bain4z, Thursday, 11 August 2022 09:01 (two years ago) link
I see Cherry Red has reissued all ten albums on CD with new cover art for a tenner each... assume it's the same mastering job as the 2018 deluxe editions, but do they sound good?
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Monday, 22 August 2022 01:39 (two years ago) link
"I'm Gonna Wiggle" - tune of the year.
― bain4z, Wednesday, 28 June 2023 12:48 (one year ago) link
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Sunday, August 21, 2022 9:39 PM (eleven months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Also curious about this. I have copies of most of these album but they are at this point not in great shape
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 10 August 2023 18:20 (one year ago) link
Felt Share Brand New ‘Primitive Painters’ Video
Lawrence has commissioned Douglas Hart to direct a new video, a powerful meditation on the group – and the coterie who surrounded them – at the time. It draws on Super 8 footage, featuring a plethora of characters from the Felt and Creation Records milieu, including a youthful Alan McGee.
― Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 28 November 2023 18:44 (nine months ago) link
Oh wonderful what a treat!
― brimstead, Friday, 1 December 2023 16:27 (nine months ago) link
young Lawrence was so dreamy
― brimstead, Friday, 1 December 2023 16:29 (nine months ago) link
lol what is this?
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2ilBjWM7w-/
― blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 25 January 2024 23:22 (seven months ago) link
oh the dash has broken the url, please copy n paste
― blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 25 January 2024 23:24 (seven months ago) link
it's video from this thing btw:
https://www.fitzroviachapel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/fc_Lawence-in-Fitzrovia-hero.jpg
― blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 25 January 2024 23:25 (seven months ago) link
Just heard about this book today:
Street-Level Superstar: A Year With Lawrence
― Kim Kimberly, Sunday, 18 August 2024 20:11 (one month ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THZXxBA2SFM
― Maresn3st, Sunday, 18 August 2024 20:17 (one month ago) link
FELT (Go Kart Mozart, Denim)... Lawrence is amazing!
^ Deebank was here
― PaulTMA, Sunday, 18 August 2024 20:24 (one month ago) link
Really interesting watch, and keen to read the book now.
I don't think nearly enough is made of the way Lawrence has always played with the most critically unfashionable sounds he can find, that refusal to accept that as a boundary, and a lot of that does kind of prefigure aspects of PC Music - like you play Novelty Rock and GFOTY's Secret Mix next to each other and tell me there's no connection there. Though of course I would expect him to disagree with all of that. A good point is made towards the end of the interview, that there's not a single masterpiece album you can point to that explains what he's about - but you could do an incredible let's say 2CD career-spanning compilation (and I might have a try)
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 18 August 2024 21:42 (one month ago) link
Haven't watched the video yet but I pre-ordered the book from Rough Trade when it was first announced and can't wait to read it.
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 18 August 2024 22:00 (one month ago) link
Thanks for posting, will read. I admire how Lawrence is not so keen on the usual boring rock thing of artistic refinement and progression and sophistication, and he seems determined not to have ossified ideas and to be open minded aesthetically… but it’s still a pure expression of himself, he’s not just pretending to be hip with whatever the new thing is whatever, but he seems determined not to get stale… that’s the sense I get, anyway, even if I don’t tend to like the results much post-denim.
― brimstead, Sunday, 18 August 2024 22:06 (one month ago) link
Are not the two "Absolute Classic Masterpieces" compilations sufficient to show his brilliance? I suppose you could trim them down and then add highlights from his post-Felt career.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 18 August 2024 23:30 (one month ago) link
My imaginary 2CD compilation would only have Felt on CD1, not on CD2.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 18 August 2024 23:34 (one month ago) link
^^^ totally
― Kim Kimberly, Sunday, 18 August 2024 23:38 (one month ago) link
Oooh he wouldn't like that
― PaulTMA, Monday, 19 August 2024 09:22 (one month ago) link
My own Felt "greatest hits" consists of the first three albums, "Me And A Monkey On The Moon" (complete album) and "Ballad Of The Band"
Somebody left a synthesiser out on the curb yesterday and it was raining, and I took a photo of it while humming to myself
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 19 August 2024 15:02 (one month ago) link