Preview Songs From the Feelies New Album
The notoriously non-prolific Feelies are finally releasing their first new album in 20 years this Tuesday.
After 20 years of fighting with record labels, breaking up, reuniting & periodically touring, Hoboken New Jersey's favorite sons, the Feelies have defied all odds and released a studio album. The nerdy, nervous and noisy band emerged as the best live band of the post punk movement in New York and earned their reputation on the basis of three album releases in the Eighties:
Crazy Rhythms,
The Good Earth &
Only Life. Their take-no-prisoners live shows in the early 80s had the Feelies poised for future indie music stardom, along with their more successful musical peers like R.E.M. & U2.
The Feelies' fights with their record label over creative direction earned them a reputation as being "difficult" & instead of achieving rock stardom, the Feelies spent the last two decades off the musical grid. Now after two decades of near misses & false starts the Feelies have actually cut an album & are set to tour extensively.
Here Before is scheduled for release this Tuesday April 2 & here's three preview songs from that album.
The Feelies- When You Know
The Feelies- Should Be Gone
The Feelies- Again Today