LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Felt’s second release for Cherry Red was a quiet explosion that for a momentmanaged to light up the Orwellian night that had descended on 1984. Butinstead of sending jagged pieces of shrapnel flying, it oozed like hot lava -trailblazing and quietly razing entire cities in just six songs. Hayward andDeebank’s intricately droning guitars and Hayward’s absentminded vocalshypnotize without putting to sleep - rather they zombify - and listeners becomewilling worshipers at the Feltian alter. While echoes of Lower East Side idols Tom Verlaine and Lou Reed ricochetthroughout, Hayward worships without imitating, by creating a joyful sound that is all his own. Or perhaps it’s justwhat these New Yorkers would have sounded like minus the mind-altering substances. Finally available again in it’soriginal vinyl ‘Splendour’!Track listing - Side A: 1. Red Indians 2. The World Is As Soft As Lace 3. The Optimist And The Poet Side B: 1. Mexican Bandits2. The Stagnant Pool 3. A Preacher In New England