On the Hot Dog Streets cover

On the Hot Dog Streets

Released

For some Felt fans, Lawrence’s subsequent career – chintzy glam with Denim; bubblegum trash with Go-Kart Mozart and Mozart Estate – is a betrayal of the man’s capacities. They’ve got it wrong, of course, but you can understand the disappointment of a fanbase that was seduced by the regal indie dream-pop of Felt’s “Primitive Painters” when confronted with the hyper-plasticity of a song like “Come On You Lot.” But Lawrence’s genius is his ability to turn the junk of bubblegum into canny, ear-naggingly catchy songs – of sorts – that allegorise both his career dreams (he’s never become the pop star he so desperately wanted to be), the drudgery of everyday life, and the sheer weirdness of popular culture’s history.

Jon Dale

Recommended by

Suggestions
Space Flower cover

Space Flower

The Wild Swans
God Help the Girl cover

God Help the Girl

God Help the Girl
1980s Bubblegum cover

1980s Bubblegum

The Particles
I Am Very Far cover

I Am Very Far

Okkervil River
Realism cover

Realism

The Magnetic Fields
Choirboys Gas cover

Choirboys Gas

Bad Dream Fancy Dress
My Maudlin Career cover

My Maudlin Career

Camera Obscura
Flood cover

Flood

Stella Donnelly