If you’ve come looking for indie sleaze, search elsewhere. Now married and nearly six years clean, Peter Doherty is happier and has traded late-night mayhem for cheese, fizz, and a quieter kind of contentment. Felt Better Alive is a testament to that – a reflection of a life transformed, where peace and personal growth take centre stage.
With the endless soap opera of Libertines-era drama now long gone, this feels like a record that can stand on its own merits. Those merits – the frayed arrangements, murmured vocals, and literary nods – are not new ground for Doherty, though they now carry a sharper edge. The Kinks-esque melodies are unexpectedly tuneful, the lyricism more incisive, and in its quieter moments, Doherty asserts himself as a master of…

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