Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Felt - Primitive Painters

Felt were, for me, a deeply frustrating band. At their height (the first two EPs and Poem of the River) they made music so shimmeringly beautiful it nearly hurt to listen to at times. Their more straightforward pop records were much more of a mixed bag; a lot of great tunes, but quite a bit of banality as well and let's face it, some of the lyrics were nothing short of awful. And the less said about their forays into cocktail jazz the better.

Still, the sheer quality of much of their material - from the Maurice Deebank era in particular - has ensured their place in Legendary Indie Band heaven, and for those records alone I'll still refer to them as one of my all-time favourites.

This is probably their best known tune thanks to Liz Fraser's backing vocals, but as usual it's Maurice's guitar that does it for me.

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