{"product_id":"felt-gold-mine-trash","title":"Felt - Gold Mine Trash","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eRebel Rec. - LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eUK, 1987\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003eIndie Rock\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eHow many bands can you name that released a compilation that is better than any of their albums (and I'm talking about bands that had extremely good albums)? There might be\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003emore than two, but only \u003cstrong\u003eThe Smiths\u003c\/strong\u003e and their unbelievably great 1984 \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"254\"\u003eHatful of Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e, and Felt's \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"283\"\u003eGold Mine Trash\u003c\/i\u003e, come to mind. Is\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eit a mere coincidence if we're talking about the twin \"miserabilist\" bands of the 1980s, as the UK press used to call them back then? Maybe not. Both groups paid close attention to singles and B-sides, foreshadowing the tidal wave of 7\" indie wonders released by labels like Sarah Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eIn the case of \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"15\"\u003eHatful of Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e, what makes the compilation so good in my eyes is the array of songs from very disparate sources: alternative single mixes and \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"159\"\u003eJohn Peel\u003c\/b\u003e sessions of some of their early material - versions that I largely prefer to those on the albums, which are less visceral and more polished. \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"308\"\u003eGold Mine Trash c\u003c\/i\u003eontains exclusive\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003ematerial as well, unreleased versions of twin songs \"Dismantled King Is Off the Throne\" and \"Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow\", but what makes it so special to me is how the record lines up ten of the absolute best songs ever made in the UK. The rapidity with which these rather short songs (most are below 3 minutes long) succeed each other is vertiginous. No interludes, no filler, just Lawrence's incandescent mumblings, barely singing more than one note per song. It is a record that boosts my mood in a slightly crazy way, a protein shake of furious hope. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAnd its artwork has always prompted deep and long reveries of dissolving into the fumes of a hammam - a hedonistic and rather eerie imagery that doesn't really match the brick-walled misery of the inner-sleeve pictures, but which reflects the sense of escapism Felt always gave me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e(VG+\/VG+)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"default-style\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YzR61-qfWR0?si=kdzwR8v67dFyZPLm\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K5XgLshyN8w?si=NB0KOCF2RocXUPS3\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EhMM_rOQoxA?si=LPlXyllt_HxebdDs\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Office PSR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59657911435609,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/8850\/0313\/files\/IMG_0696.jpg?v=1789218625","url":"https:\/\/www.officepsr.com\/products\/felt-gold-mine-trash","provider":"Office PSR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}