Felt signed to Cherry Red Records and their first single as a band, “Something Sends Me to Sleep”, was released in 1981. Their first album, Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty , followed the next year. Exhausted by Lawrence’s domineering nature during the album’s sessions, Gilbert left and was replaced on bass by Mick Lloyd. Deebank would also take a sabbatical, recording a solo instrumental record Inner Thought Zone , before being coaxed by Lawrence to return to work on the band’s second album, The Splendour of Fear . This lineup would then remain unchanged through their third album The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories , which took a more pop-orientated direction than the lengthy, ambient guitar workouts of its predecessors. In 1982, the Felt song “My Face Is on Fire” appeared on the best-selling Pillows & Prayers compilation.
Signed to Cherry Red Records, release of first single ‘Something Sends Me to Sleep’
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