The 1986 Listening Post - Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word

Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word

#400/2079

September 1986

Felt

Forever Breathes the Lonely Word

Genre: Lou Reed Meets The Smiths

4 out of 5

Highlights:

Rain of Crystal Spires

Grey Streets

All the People I Like Are Those That Are Dead

There is a wonderful retrospective bio on Pitchfork about Felt, Lawrence and, specifically, this record. I’ll link it at the bottom. 

I agree 100% that this is the best Felt record so far. I hear latter day dream pop bands in it but also REM and the Paisley Revival bands of the era.

Lawrence isn’t my cup of tea but, if you like Lou Reed, Lawrence is better. His songs are, his poetry is, his production as well. 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/forever-breathes-the-lonely-word-remastered-edition/1419858056

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/felt-forever-breathes-the-lonely-word/

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/felt-forever-breathes-the-lonely-word/

The 1986 Listening Post - Felt - Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death

Felt - Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death

#263/1388

June 1986

Felt

Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death

Genre: Instrumental New Age

1.5 out of 5

Felt must have looked to the future and seen my review of their last record cuz the singer is nowhere to be found on this pretentious piece of nonsense. 

I could be grateful that it’s just 20 minutes long. And, sure, that should be classified as an EP but, for some reason we are going ahead with it. Only to beat up on Felt a bit more.

Look at that title. It suggests something awesomely aggressive and assertive.

And yet, they retitled this record The Seventeenth Century which, truth be told, is what it sounds like: the soundtrack to a BBC costume drama. 

I have this playing on the Echo in the kitchen as I prepare dinner. 

“This is horrible. Why must you torture all of us with this garbage?” is what my wife said upon entering the kitchen. 

Points off for that!

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-seventeenth-century-remastered-edition/1438976105

The 1985 Listening Post - Felt - Ignite the Seven Cannons

Felt - Ignite the Seven Cannons

#347/983

September 20 1985

Felt

Ignite the Seven Cannons

Genre: Jangle Pop

2.25 out of 5

Am I wrong? Is this singer…terrible? 

I’ve never heard of Felt. But this is their 4th record. Did they have a hit or something? Lawrence Hayward sounds like…a bad Lou Reed. And you all know how I feel about Lou.

This is all dreamy and such but also meandering and pretentious and Lawrence is making me seasick. 

https://music.apple.com/us/album/ignite-the-seven-cannons-remastered-edition/1438976416