The Splendour of Fear

The Splendour of Fear Artist: Felt
Label: Cherry Red UK
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5013929105720
ASIN: B00009MKPZ


Release Date: 2003-07-01

The Splendour of Fear


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Tracks:

  1. Red Indians
  2. World Is as Soft as Lace
  3. Optimist and the Poet
  4. Mexican Bandits
  5. Stagnant Pool
  6. Preacher in New England

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Album Description

2003 limited reissue of 1984 sophomore album, that's unavailable domestically, packaged in a paper sleeve. 6 tracks. Cherry Red.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Splendour.......2005-07-01

'Splendour' is right. This is quintessential Felt, with guitarist Maurice Deebank still in the band. The sound is mellow, melodic, understated, lovely . . . I wonder if Gary Ainge's drumkit even had cymbals; his minimalism is a major part of the effect of this music. 'Mexican Bandits' was released as a single - - a shimmering and driving instrumental. And it's the instrumental passages that work best, not to detract from Lawrence 'Lawrence' Hayward's breathy, (Lou) Reedy vocals and beautifully imagistic lyrics. It's just that the music is staggeringly imagistic on its own - - 'The Stagnant Pool', with its extended instrumental coda, is as languorous and humid as its title suggests. The effect is psychedelic, whatever the intent. And Deebanks's solo closer, 'A Preacher In New England' is everything The Durutti Column aspired to. Really - - this is a great mini-album, too short by half.

5 out of 5 stars

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