The Feelies by Lynne Pickering Taking their name from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Feelies were formed in Haledon, New Jersey, in 1976. Hailed by The Village Voice in 1978 as “The best underground band in New York”, they underwent a number of line-up changes around core members Glenn Mercer and Bill Million as they finely tuned their sound, before finally releasing their debut album in 1980.