Experimental Health by the telescopes

Experimental Health is the 14th album from The Telescopes and their third release on the Weisskalt label. The album was created entirely independently by Stephen Lawrie in a remote cottage in West Yorkshire between January to May 2022.

Experimental Health is folk music made with broken toys and cheap synths - mostly Pocket Operators and miniature synths. There are no guitars present on the album, most of the instrumentation costing £50 or less. The complexity of sound rests within the simplicity of the composition and musical arrangements.

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.

Watch promo video (YouTube): bit.ly/TheTelescopesExpHealth

LP/Digital:
UK: thetelescopes.bandcamp.com/album/experimental-health
ROW: weisskaltrecords.bandcamp.com/album/experimental-health

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. Battered only in appearance, unclassifiable yet accessible to a wide audience, 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)

“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)
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Tracklist

1.	Because They Care	5:37

2.	The Turns	4:15

3.	When I Hear The Sound	4:04

4.	Leave Nobody Behind	4:51

5.	45e	6:02

6.	Wrong Dimension	4:50

7.	Repetitive Brain Injury	6:32

8.	The Turns Again	2:13

9.	Leave Nobody Behind (Black Market Karma Remix)	4:47

10.	45e (Mosaic Runes Remix)	5:10

Credits

released February 24, 2023

All songs written by Stephen Lawrie © Control 2022.
Performed mixed and produced by Stephen Lawrie at The Experimental Health Unit. Mastered by Colin Tucker.

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