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There are three artists with the name Felt:

1) Felt was a 1980s UK indie band hailing from Birmingham, led by enigmatic Lawrence Hayward (or, just “Lawrence” for preference), and usually included guitarist Maurice Deebank.
The band claimed to have released ten albums and ten singles in ten years but actually released 11 singles if you include their debut Index on Shanghai Packaging. They were influenced by, among others, New York band Television and 60’s icon Bob Dylan. Forming in 1979, Felt never broke through to the mainstream, but enjoyed a substantial cult following. Throughout the early 1980s, Felt released a number of oblique, minimalistic guitar pop gems. In 1986 they broke through with the single “Primitive Painters” (featuring the Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser), and the album “Forever Breathes The Lonely Word”. Here, Hayward’s trademark melodic songs are matched by a fuller sound - catchy organ lines from Martin Duffy (now with Primal Scream) and Deebank’s cascading guitars feature throughout.
Following this, releases in 1987 of Poem Of The River, in 1988 of The Pictorial Jackson Review, and in 1989 of Me And A Monkey On The Moon, cemented Felt’s cult following and reputation, before Hayward split the band up to pursue 70s-influenced project, Denim, and subsequently Go-Kart Mozart.
Felt’s influence continues to reverberate in the music of current bands like Belle and Sebastian who have acknowledged their admiration.

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ativke wrote:
yesterday evening

Music is disposable and the less you care about it, the cooler you look to your "mates". The beauty of Felt NEEDED to be shat upon, so that young people could confess to liking it.

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LiamGallagher wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Me too

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ativke wrote:
yesterday afternoon

No, I mean I get it, I guess

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LiamGallagher wrote:
Sunday evening

Its Murs and Slug, they hijacked the album.

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ativke wrote:
Saturday evening

Now I ain't been listening for too long a time, but it seems this Lawrence Hayward ruined something what could have been otherwise, dare I say, musical? What is this unmelodious "rapping" on top of Deebank's _glorious_ instrumentation?

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LiamGallagher wrote:
Friday evening

I hear you

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splitin2 wrote:
last week

the stagnant pool. best solo ever.

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OwnersLament wrote:
last month

Hipster Garbage vs. Pack-Packers

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LiamGallagher wrote:
last month

bumflaps

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mrtofu wrote:
last month

two felts? who would have though that was possible! hmmm, maybe those imposter hippoty hoppy felts can change their name to felty...or something else...btw hip hop felt...go kart mozart is already taken ...

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ot4kuk1d wrote:
last month

Lawrence Hayward is a stinky bottom.

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icarokar wrote:
last month

The best sound of my infancy.

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Jornaquin wrote:
last month

my arse is murs and slug

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AntonFjordson wrote:
last month

murs and slug can suck my arse [2]

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LiamGallagher wrote:
last month

murs and slug can suck my arse

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tanz_musik wrote:
last month

splendour of fearrrrrr

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albert107 wrote:
last month

MURS AND SLUG are the true FELT!

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gregcobra wrote:
last month

I love "Penelope Tree ! Great Band !

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oakr8r wrote:
last month

whoa whoa people calm down

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Piptalak wrote:
May 2009

SEPTEMBER LADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3

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