The Telescopes - 7th # Disaster Video

For me, The Telescopes were one of my favourite bands around the end of the 80s. A series of superb 12" EPs and an awesome début LP stand as testament to one of the noisiest and catchiest shoegazer bands you'll ever hear. Fusing everything from Jesus and Mary Chain like wall of feedback to ambient experimentalism, the band's sound was unique and a real inspiration to me. I really liked the singer's voice and words as well, it all blended perfectly.

Then around 1990 they signed with Creation and literally dropped all the things that made them great and become a real bland 60s style psychedelia outfit, a pre-cursor to the times that bought us such shit as Oasis and the Boo Radleys. Funnily enough, like The Telescopes, The Boo Radleys were another band with an interesting shoegazer début that changed styles completely as time went on.

Anyway, I'm rambling a bit there, sorry, bitter thoughts. So, today's video is of one of The Telescopes earliest (2nd?) releases. The 4 track EP is superb, and the main single was this one, 7th # Disaster. The noise is grating, and the video must rank as one of the most irritating ever set to VHS. If flickering upsets you, listen to the music with your eyes closed, otherwise, enjoy The Telescopes back when they kicked it good and proper. The band have made bit of a comeback in recent years, but I have to admit, I haven't heard anything of their latest work.

Posted by Dio Bach at 2:11 PM