Felt were a 1980s UK indie band, led by Lawrence Hayward (known simply as Lawrence, his full name was never listed in any record credits), and included guitarist Maurice Deebank for the first half of the band's existence, keyboard player Martin Duffy who essentially replaced Deebank, and drummer Gary Ainge, the only constant member besides Lawrence. The band released ten albums and ten singles in ten years. After firmly establishing themselves on the indie scene, Felt recruited the services of Robin Guthrie as producer for their album, 'Ignite the Seven Cannons' which remains one of the group's most popular albums (although it apparently left Deebank unimpressed). Guthrie's most notable influence is arguably heard in the single "Primitive Painters", which offers the listener a Guthrie infused 'sonic cathedral of sound.' Felt are often cited as a major influence by Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, as well as by American alternative rock group The Tyde. Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Lawrence Hayward (also known as Jon Lawrence and simply Lawrence) is best known as singer and guitarist in British alternative rock band Felt who released ten albums in the 1980s. ... Maurice Deebank was the classically-trained lead guitarist of the British indie band Felt from its debut album until 1986. ... Martin Duffy is the keyboardist with Scottish band Primal Scream. ... Robin Guthrie is a co-founder of Cocteau Twins. ... Belle and Sebastian (sometimes written as Belle & Sebastian) are a Scottish paper pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. ... Stuart Murdoch, born August 25, 1968, is the lead singer and songwriter for Scottish indie rock septet Belle & Sebastian. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music[1] (also simply called alternative) were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired bands on independent record labels that didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... The Tyde are an American alternative rock group. ...

Lawrence went on to form Denim, and subsequently Go Kart Mozart. Denim are the brainchild of the enigmatic and elusive frontman of influential eighties post punk outfit Felt, Lawrence Hayward (more commonly known as just Lawrence). Teaming catchy glam rock with cutting and humourous lyrics, Denims brash ways differed greatly from the understated elegance of Felt. ... Go Kart Mozart is a brit-pop band from Birmingham founded by Lawrence Hayward. ...

Discography

Singles

• "Index" / "Break It" 7" (released as by Felt though recorded solo by Lawrence before band formed, Shanghai Records, 1979)
• "Something Sends Me to Sleep" / "Red Indians" / "Something Sends Me to Sleep" (different version) / "Red Indians" 7" (Cherry Red, 1981)
• "My Face Is on Fire" / "Trails of Colour Dissolve" 7" (Cherry Red, 1981)
• "Penelope Tree" / "A Preacher in New England" 7" (Cherry Red, 1983)
• "Penelope Tree" / "A Preacher in New England" / "Now Summer's Spread Its Wings Again" 12" (Cherry Red, 1983)
• "Mexican Bandits" / "The World Is As Soft As Lace" 7" (Cherry Red, 1984)
• "Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow" / "Fortune" 7" (Cherry Red, 1984)
• "Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow" / "Fortune" / "Sunlight Strings" 12" (Cherry Red, 1984)
• "Primitive Painters" / "Cathedral" 12" (Cherry Red, 1985)
• "Ballad of the Band" / "I Didn't Mean to Hurt You" 7" (Creation Records, 1986)
• "Ballad of the Band" / "I Didn't Mean to Hurt You" / "Candles in a Church" / "Ferdinand Magellan" 12" (Creation Records, 1986)
• "Rain of Crystal Spires" / "I Will Die with My Head in Flames" 7" (Creation Records, 1986)
• "Rain of Crystal Spires" / "Gather up Your Wings and Fly" / "Sandman's on the Rise Again" / "I Will Die With My Head in Flames" 12" (Creation Records, 1986)
• "The Final Resting of the Ark" / "Autumn" / "Fire Circle" / "There's No Such Thing As Victory" / "Buried Wild Blind" 12" (Creation Records, 1987)
• "Space Blues" / "Be Still" (originally by The Beach Boys; the only cover recorded by Felt) 7" (Creation Records, 1988)
• "Space Blues" / "Be Still" / "Female Star" / "Tuesday's Secret" 12" (Creation Records, 1988)
• "Get out of My Mirror" 7" (free one-sided flexidisc, Cherry Red, 1989)

Cherry Red is a London based independent record label. ... At least two different record labels called Creation Records have existed. ...

Albums

• Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty (Cherry Red, 1981)
• The Splendour of Fear (Cherry Red, 1984)
• The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories (Cherry Red, 1984)
• Ignite the Seven Cannons (Cherry Red, 1985)
• Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death (Creation Records, 1986)
• Forever Breathes the Lonely Word (Creation Records, 1986)
• Poem of the River (Creation Records, 1987)
• The Pictorial Jackson Review (Creation Records, 1988)
• Train Above the City (Creation Records, 1988)
• Me and a Monkey on the Moon (Cherry Red, 1989)

Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty is the first album by British alternative rock band Felt, released in 1981. ... Cherry Red is a London based independent record label. ... The Splendour of Fear is the second album by British alternative rock band Felt, released in 1984. ... The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories is the third album by British alternative rock band Felt, released in 1984. ... Ignite the Seven Cannons is the fourth album by British alternative rock band Felt, released in 1985. ... Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death is the fifth album by British alternative rock band Felt, released in 1986. ... At least two different record labels called Creation Records have existed. ... Forever Breathes the Lonely Word is the sixth album by British alternative rock band Felt, released in 1986. ... Poem of the River is the seventh album by British alternative rock band Felt, released in 1987. ... The Pictorial Jackson Review is the eighth album by British alternative rock band Felt, released in 1988. ... Train Above the City is the ninth and penultimate album by British alternative rock band Felt, released in 1988. ... Me And A Monkey On The Moon is the tenth and final album by British alternative rock band Felt, released in 1989. ...

Compilations

• Gold Mine Trash (Cherry Red, 1987)
• Bubblegum Perfume (Creation Records, 1990)
• Absolute Classic Masterpieces (Cherry Red, 1992)
• Absolute Classic Masterpieces Volume II (Creation Records, 1993)
• Stains on a Decade (Cherry Red, 2003)

Cherry Red is a London based independent record label. ... At least two different record labels called Creation Records have existed. ...

Videos

• A Declaration - Live In Concert, London, February 1987 (DVD, Cherry Red, 2003)

Cherry Red is a London based independent record label. ...

External links

• Felt - a tribute - News on Felt, Denim, Lawrence, etc.
• Felt discography
• Felt and Denim page - Not updated since 1997
• The Felt, Denim & Go Kart Mozart reviews page
• Liner Notes for Belle and Sebastian's "Dear Catastrophe Waitress"