Feelies reunion?

[Oil Can Boyd]

i had no idea that Bar/None still operated.

Yeah - they did the recent reissues of the first two Feelies albums that came out last year. I know Freedy Johnston's last album was on Bar/None but I have no idea who else they handle.

[Oil Can Boyd]

New album out on March 29

 

Though it's been plugging along for a couple of years now, the Feelies reunion is finally hitting jangle pop fans full force. In 2008, when the reunited band got together to play their first gigs in 16 years, singer Glenn Mercer hinted that the group might record some new material but the Feelies were fairly mum about the project until just recently.

 

Last November a Facebook update from the act's publicist confirmed that the group had just completed recording tracks at a Hoboken, NJ studio. It turns out that those songs will now make up the Feelies new album Here Before, their first in 20 years.

 

Set for release March 29 on Bar/None, the new collection marks the outfit's first release of new material since 1991's Time for a Witness. Feelies members Mercer and Bill Million handled production duties, and you can check out the tracklisting below.

 

If that weren't enough Feelies news for one day, the group also announced a small tour of the eastern United States. Catch them if you can.

 

Thanks to Pitchfork for the tip.

 

Here Before:

 

1. "Nobody Knows"


2. "Should Be Gone"


3. "Again Today"


4. "When You Know"


5. "Later On"


6. "Way Down"


7. "Morning Comes"


8. "Change Your Mind"


9. "Here Before"


10. "Time Is Right"


11. "Bluer Skies"


12. "On And On"


13. "So Far"

 

Tour dates:

 

5/13 Brooklyn, NY - Bell House


5/14 Cambridge, MA - Middle East (downstairs)


5/17 Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live


5/18 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club

[Oil Can Boyd]

Saw the Feelies Saturday night in Cambridge. As always, they put on a tremendous show. Two hours of music, with a nice mix of old and new. While I like (but don't love) the new album, the stuff they played from it sounded great. The first encore was the Stones' Rocks Off followed by REM's Boxcars.

[Oil Can Boyd]

Great article by Rick Moody about band reunions in general and the Feelies in particular:

 

http://therumpus.net/2011/09/swinging-modern-sounds-31-reunion-fever/

[Oil Can Boyd]

Some shows:

 

April 27 Bell House, Brooklyn

April 28 Helsinki Hudson, Hudson, NY

May 11 Pearl Street, Northampton, MA

May 12 Paradise, Boston

[tinnitus photography]

i think i'll try to catch that Boston show.