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The Feelies are back

While trying to find info on another Hoboken band (see my thread re: The Marys), I tripped across an announcement that the Feelies (including Bill Million as well as Glenn Mercer) are releasing a new CD on Bar/None. Release date is April 12.

For those unfamiliar with this band, they were one of the great cult bands of the '80s. Nerdy look, oddball lyrics, jerky "ostinato" style rythms, highly crafted pop rock songs played at hyper (near thrash) tempos and 2 guitarists who can tear it up. Great taste in cover material including Beatles, Stones, Eno, and the Velvet Underground, among others.

As a side note, they were long the darlings of The New York Times who spilled an inordinate amount of ink on an otherwise obscure band.

Marty
martykl
martykl OP
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To my knowledge, the Willies never recorded anything - so maybe it's semantics in the end.
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ml8764ag
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Thanks for the heads up....I LOVE the Feelies....now if only we could get Vulgar Boatmen going again! Talk about two great bands that few have heard of.
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kclone
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Better than Husker Du, The Replacements, Sonic Youth? Wow, I have to check them out.
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waltersalas
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Not better than, but they belong in that company. And like the Velvet Underground, all four of their studio albums have a distinctly different sonic signature. Great band.
loomisjohnson
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waltersalas, is your user name a tribute to the guy from the silos (or are you the same guy)? very good band. in any event, i agree the feelies (despite their relatively sparse output) fully deserve to be mentioned in the same company as other 80s greats; people who dig arcade fire or the shins really ought to listen to these guys.
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