The Telescopes are an English experimental rock group formed in Burton upon Trent in 1987, led by Stephen Lawrie. Their work spans noise, drone, psychedelic and shoegaze-influenced textures.

Formed in Burton upon Trent in 1987; Stephen Lawrie is consistently identified as the project's core. Reviews on DeBaser describe albums ranging from early noisy, guitar-driven work to later drone, ambient and experimental releases. A historical lineup mentioned in reviews for early period included Stephen Lawrie (vocals), Joanna Doran (lead guitar), David Fitzgerald (rhythm guitar), Robert Brooks (bass) and Dominic Dillon (drums).

DeBaser hosts a handful of reviews on The Telescopes. Critics discuss noise, drone, psychedelic and avant-garde elements across several albums. Stephen Lawrie is consistently identified as the project's core. Reviews range from admiration to measured criticism.

For:Listeners of experimental, noise-rock, drone, shoegaze and psychedelic music

 As Light Return consists indeed in a skillful manipulation of empty spaces in which sound waves loaded with fuzz, feedback, and distortions compose music that is not just avant-garde for its own sake, but what is a real album made of songs that hit straight to the heart and nervous system of the listeners.

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 'Stone Tape' is conceptually built on the 'Stone Tape Theory' (1961) by archaeologist, parapsychologist, and explorer Thomas Charles Lethbridge, according to which inanimate materials can absorb and store (and reproduce under certain conditions) mental energy of an electrical nature from living beings, released during emotional and/or traumatic events.

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 This is not only a concert to (re?)discover, but an experience that shakes you from head to toe and disrupts the senses; a cleansing of the auditory canal whose manifesto probably remains what is the definitive version of Perfect Needle - one of the band's first singles, later included in the already mentioned 'Taste' -, with its fiery guitar riff destined to be remembered, and Stephen Lawrie obsessively screaming about having THE PERFECT NEEDLE FOR YOU until the euphonious original space-rock version is forgotten.

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 It starts, but do they sound like sepulchral Jesus Mary Chain? Alright.

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 An electric caress, asking nothing more of us than to close our eyes, let go, and free ourselves from the noise outside the door for about 25 minutes.

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