Telescopes: Songs of Love and Revolution (CD on Tapete Records)

Band: Telescopes
Label: Tapete Records
Title: Songs of Love and Revolution

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Band:Telescopes
Title:Songs of Love and Revolution
Reviewed By:Steve Kinrade
Date Published:14/02/2021

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The Telescopes have been kicking the tyres in the musical forecourt since 1987, and have enjoyed many a record label collaboration over the years, here and abroad. Headed up by Stephen Lawrie , they are purveyors of noise, experimental and space rock, with a nice pinch of psychedelic thrown into the mix.

‘Songs of Love and Redemption’ - their twelfth album - is heavy stuff, and not one for the faint hearted. For those of us not immediately dwelling in the Telescopes constituency, it is a challenging first listen. All good things must, however, be worked at, and repeated listenings differentiate the Yang from the Ying, the Love from the Revolution. This is a band who inhabit a particular sonic environment, and yet are not artistically constrained by it.

Monotone beats, constant feedback avalanches, serrated guitars act as worthy counterpoints to Lawrie’s deadpan vocal drawl. It’s experimental, yet manages to hold the attention. Suffice to say, for the converted ‘Songs Of Love and Revolution’ will be a welcome addition to the canon; to the uninitiated, a surprisingly accessible introduction.

Track Listing:

01) This is Not a Dream
02) Strange Waves
03) Mesmerised
04) Come Bring Your Love
05) This Train
06) Songs of Love and Revolution
07) You're Never Alone with Despair
08) We See Magic and We Are Neutral, Unnecessary
09) Haul Away The Anchor

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