Five of Lawrence of Belgravia's finest moments

Forming in 1979 ,the intention was to release ten albums and ten singles in the 1980’s, the first being the best debut album of all time .Although that last claim is contestable, they did achieve said ten albums, the first five of which are newly remastered and re-released by Cherry Red.

The masterplan for worldwide fame didn't come to fruition, but there's some absolutely essential music contained on these records. Fusing the Rickenbacker chime of mid 60’s Byrds, obscure 70’s pop, culminating in a sound that was equal parts psychedelia and pop, Felt quickly became a mainstay in the 80’s indie charts.

The debut, Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty, is the pick of the LPs here, closely followed by Ignite the Seven Cannons. The influence of the former can be directly connected to the likes of The Drums, Real Estate and Belle & Sebastian, while the latter revealed itself to be an early shoegaze album. Produced by Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins, his shoegaze wall of sound overpowered the songs on the original version, so in this set it's been remixed to remove Guthrie’s shimmer which has given the album a fascinating new perspective and new found clarity, the track "Primitive Painters" featuring Elizabeth Fraser remains a key track in British indie music.

Lawrence, up there with Mark E Smith in terms of musical maverickism, even took time out from vocals for the fully instrumental album The Seventeenth Century from 1986, and the mainly instrumental The Splendour of Fear two years prior, allowing the skeletal but melodic music to take centre stage.

Deeply influential at the time, Lawrence's knack for pop melodies within the structure of indie is second to none, and decades later the strength of these albums remain undiminished.