“‘Sad Wings Of Destiny’ by Judas Priest – that could almost be a Felt album title, don’t you think?”
Category: 1980s
Fun City, to London, experience
“Just as with Bowie and Bolan in the seventies, war was declared in school playgrounds the day after, when a growing army of Marc Almond fans stood up to be counted…”
Memories of a record shop nobody : Selectadisc, late ’80s/early ’90s
“I learned to read the barometer of his moods and on bad days, kept my head down, finding distraction in the racks and the steady stream of customers, 99% of whom Jeff despised.”
Dif Juz – ‘Extractions’ (4AD, 1985)
“…the bluster of Autumn, the bending of trees, wind rippling through long grass in waves, the mesmeric unraveling of colossal cloud fronts…”
Ivo Watts-Russell/4AD interview, 1988
“You’re thinking about this music all the time as opposed to just simply listening to it – enjoying it or not enjoying it.”
Hugo Largo – ‘Drum’ (Relativity, 1987)
“We want to be perceived as a band that plays wild rock and roll, maybe even punk music but that happens to play it quietly.” – Tim Sommer (Hugo Largo)
The Durutti Column – ‘Without Mercy’ (Factory Records, 1984/Factory Benelux, 2018)
“But wait! A drum machine in a modern classical piece? Only on Factory Records. I’ve never, to this day, heard anything so wrong be so right. “
Heavenly Bodies – ‘Celestial’ (Third Mind Records/C’est La Mort, 1987)
“The ghost of early Dead Can Dance understandably lingers in the tribal percussion and heavily reverbed guitar work and Seaman’s voice is most definitely from the school of Lisa Gerrard, albeit via Alison Shaw.”
Jane And Barton – ‘Jane And Barton’ (Cherry Red, 1983/Optic Nerve Recordings, 2016)
“…if you listen carefully, you can almost hear the sound of a gentle breeze in the rushes as you laze on a soft picnic blanket, staring up into the blissful blue.”
Felt – ‘The Splendour Of Fear’ (Cherry Red, 1984)
“…for me, the best album is The Splendour Of Fear. It’s like a complete atmosphere, a complete mood….”- Lawrence, Felt
