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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 and drummer Gary Ainge.
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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Hummerstyle wrote:
Saturday evening

LOL, I took back on top the Murs+Slug combo :p

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the_paulo wrote:
Saturday evening

Give it a couple of week when Felt 3 comes out, then we'll see a difference...

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LeftCoastRyda wrote:
Thursday morning

I'm glad the pictures of the proper artist are on top now.

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LeonPen wrote:
last month

"hippity hop felt" *sigh*

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sweetdy wrote:
last month

it looks like this hippity hop felt is slowly taking over this page and that makes me very sad.

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SirPsychoFlea wrote:
last month

get cake is hilarious

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Paard wrote:
last month

I think the next version of LastFM needs a script which reads both artist AND track tag to determine where a song gets scrobbled :)

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likenoonecan wrote:
last month

GET CAKE!

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ABoyNamedHope wrote:
last month

murs+slug+aes rock is by far the sickest combo possible. tribute to rosie perez will be album of the year material.

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boogie311 wrote:
last month

Aesop is a dope producer who they've both worked with before. I've got nothing but good feelings about Felt 3. I think Felt is one of the rare groups that do actually get better as time goes on.

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delphia wrote:
last month

What do hip-hop Felt fans think about Aesop Rock producing the next album?

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davnad wrote:
last month

we'll just see which band history remembers as felt. until then...

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uh_oh_jlm wrote:
last month

I hope Felts new album is dope...they have kinda been clownin on these vid's they have been putting out...I like "Protangonists" though ;)

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jimmyjansson wrote:
last month

both felt are great

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RoFen wrote:
last month

stop shitting this shit up shitheads.

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vanitycentral wrote:
last month

"Birmingham sucks"...what a fail.

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ACoolAssTurtle wrote:
last month

Let's not fight.

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Llamahz wrote:
last month

Murs and Slug and 80's Felt aren't having a hissy bitch fight over the name, so why are the fans? what are you proving? o.o;

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laurieluxe wrote:
last month

80s Felt 4 lyfe [3]

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WastedYouth1 wrote:
last month

80's felt has no talent, murs and slug are the best! (here is your turn to say that they came first and are actually really good and rapping takes no talent) I'll jump ahead and start my comeback: Birmingham sucks! Internet fighting is always the best kind of fight!

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