THE TELESCOPES - 'Experimental Health'
CSR303CD (November 2023)
Matt-finish digipak
Barcode: 0641871746088
Track listing:
1. Because They Care (5:40)
2. The Turns (4:20)
3. When I Hear The Sound (4:04)
4. Leave Nobody Behind (4:55)
5. 45e (6:15)
6. Wrong Dimension (5:06)
7. Repetitive Brain Injury (6:36)
8. The Turns Again (2:15)
9. Leave Nobody Behind (Black Market Karma Remix) (4:48)
10. 45e (Mosaic Runes Remix) (5:14)
Licensed from Weisskalt.
REVIEWS:
"Between hallucinatory ballads and transcendent melodies, clanging, lo-fidelity buzzes and joyful psychotic touches, this work is a treasure trove of truly precious possessions.. Experimental Health is the photograph of a distorted reality and for this reason a sweetly and devilishly cathartic album. The year isn't over yet, but it's already rightfully among the best records of 2023" (Perkele)
"To package so much history, so many different sides of themselves in one record is quite an accomplishment, and it shows in the end result" (9/10, Scene Point Blank).
“Buzzes with insectoid static". 8/10 (Uncut Magazine)
“Like Robert Wyatt on LSD... it may be The Telescopes' most accessible album in years" (Gonzaï Magazine)
"You’ve not heard anything like this before" (Electronic Sound Magazine)
"Absolutely gripping in sound and consequence. And intelligence. And perception. And in Lawrie's unsated need to work from every conceivable angle. And every fucking thing else that you can possibly think of. This is brilliant" (Isolation)
"Experimental Health mostly doles out candied gems, some of the band's most infectious songs in recent memory..." (Most Anticipated Releases Of 2023: Beats Per Minute)
"An album of lo-fi psyched-out swirls that lushly loop around, distorted and rich, defying any humble origins. There is a healthy depth to its strangeness" (NARC Magazine)
"Elegiac, claustrophobic and contagiously disturbed" (Classic Rock)
"Almost proving that these toys and synths have spirits of their own, that an uncanny expression of the divine lives in their emissions" (4/5, Wee Review)
"Experimental Health has the hollow shape of a shelter. Come and unplug from the rest of the world, if that is what you, like me, desire" (Reverendo Lys)
"Sits proudly alongside some of Lawrie’s finest works" (8.5/10 - Under The Radar)
"Tintinnabulation resounds through the astral planes pulsating waves of pleasure that wash over the mind's crevices... Highly recommended" (Scene Point Blank)
CSR303CD (November 2023)
Matt-finish digipak
Barcode: 0641871746088
The latest chapter in The Telescopes' idiosyncratic exploration of sound combines hallucinatory ballads with transcendent melodies, clanging, and lo-fi buzzes, with a substantial amount of crushing and sound degradation. The result is an album radiating a dark and abrasive, yet ethereal energy.
Created entirely independently by Stephen Lawrie in a remote cottage in West Yorkshire between January to May 2022, the record was made with broken toys and cheap synths - mostly Pocket Operators and miniature synths, with no guitars present. The complexity of sound rests within the simplicity of the composition and musical arrangements.
The bonus remixes are two divergent interpretations by Black Market Karma and Mosaic Runes, both artists deploying their own respective skill sets and aura. The former with unfurling guitars and live drums, spreading a magnetic warmth and charm. The latter returning to the cryptic spectres haunting the record, drawing out the hidden spirit of broken equipment and infusing the tracks with their signature fractured ice.
The Telescopes' music has constantly pushed its own boundaries. The music overlaps many genres following its own inspiration-led course. Time has shown The Telescopes' music not only withstands repeated listening but also reveals something new whenever one ventures between the grooves. It has been described by the music press as "more a revolution of the psyche than a revolution of the sidewalk"; a thread consistent throughout a body of work spanning over 30 years.
CD in a matt digipak with art by Stephen Lawrie.
Track listing:
1. Because They Care (5:40)
2. The Turns (4:20)
3. When I Hear The Sound (4:04)
4. Leave Nobody Behind (4:55)
5. 45e (6:15)
6. Wrong Dimension (5:06)
7. Repetitive Brain Injury (6:36)
8. The Turns Again (2:15)
9. Leave Nobody Behind (Black Market Karma Remix) (4:48)
10. 45e (Mosaic Runes Remix) (5:14)
Licensed from Weisskalt.
REVIEWS:
"Between hallucinatory ballads and transcendent melodies, clanging, lo-fidelity buzzes and joyful psychotic touches, this work is a treasure trove of truly precious possessions.. Experimental Health is the photograph of a distorted reality and for this reason a sweetly and devilishly cathartic album. The year isn't over yet, but it's already rightfully among the best records of 2023" (Perkele)
"To package so much history, so many different sides of themselves in one record is quite an accomplishment, and it shows in the end result" (9/10, Scene Point Blank).
“Buzzes with insectoid static". 8/10 (Uncut Magazine)
“Like Robert Wyatt on LSD... it may be The Telescopes' most accessible album in years" (Gonzaï Magazine)
"You’ve not heard anything like this before" (Electronic Sound Magazine)
"Absolutely gripping in sound and consequence. And intelligence. And perception. And in Lawrie's unsated need to work from every conceivable angle. And every fucking thing else that you can possibly think of. This is brilliant" (Isolation)
"Experimental Health mostly doles out candied gems, some of the band's most infectious songs in recent memory..." (Most Anticipated Releases Of 2023: Beats Per Minute)
"An album of lo-fi psyched-out swirls that lushly loop around, distorted and rich, defying any humble origins. There is a healthy depth to its strangeness" (NARC Magazine)
"Elegiac, claustrophobic and contagiously disturbed" (Classic Rock)
"Almost proving that these toys and synths have spirits of their own, that an uncanny expression of the divine lives in their emissions" (4/5, Wee Review)
"Experimental Health has the hollow shape of a shelter. Come and unplug from the rest of the world, if that is what you, like me, desire" (Reverendo Lys)
"Sits proudly alongside some of Lawrie’s finest works" (8.5/10 - Under The Radar)
"Tintinnabulation resounds through the astral planes pulsating waves of pleasure that wash over the mind's crevices... Highly recommended" (Scene Point Blank)
THE TELESCOPES - 'Experimental Health' CD (CSR303CD)
- Record Label: - Cold Spring -
- Genre: Psych-Drone / Shoegaze / Noise / Experimental
- Availability: In Stock
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£11.00
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