Songs of Love and Revolution

Songs of Love and Revolution is the twelfth studio album by English noise rock band The Telescopes. It was released on February 5, 2021, by Tapete Records.[6]

Songs of Love and Revolution
Studio album by
The Telescopes
Released5 February 2021 (2021-02-05)
Genre
Length39:11
LabelTapete
The Telescopes chronology
Exploding Head Syndrome
(2019)		 Songs of Love and Revolution
(2021)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Beats Per Minute80%[2]
Classic Rock[4]
Under the Radar8/10[5]

Critical reception

Songs of Love and Revolution was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80 based on 5 reviews.[3]

Writing for AllMusic, Fred Thomas explained: "Twelfth studio album Songs of Love & Revolution continues the group's fixation with noise-dazzled psychedelic drone rock, but the production is clearer and the songs hit with direct impact. These nine songs are some of the most neatly rendered of the band's post-2010 output, but lose none of their mind-bending effect in the production upgrade. If anything, the album finds the Telescopes delivering their messages of self-discovery and cosmic love louder than ever."[1] Tim Sentz of Beats Per Minute said: "Songs of Love and Revolution, the band’s 12th album, comes after a decade of reinvention and experimentation. All the arrangements on their latest take influence from their 2010s material, but this time around every element coexists with one another, creating a sublime noise bath. Songs of Love and Revolution finds a home, a warm center, that crossroads between shoegaze, noise rock, ambient fuzz, and believe it or not – pop. In fact, this could be Lawrie’s most accessible album to date, and that’s taking into account Hidden Fields closeted pop."[2] In a review for Classic Rock, True Everett gave the release a four out of five stars, describing the album as "hypnotic, breathtaking and quite, quite beautiful."[4]

Track listing
Songs of Love and Revolution track listing
No.TitleLength
1."This Is Not a Dream"5:23
2."Strange Waves"3:27
3."Mesmerised"5:59
4."Come Bring Your Love"5:11
5."This Train"4:02
6."Songs of Love and Revolution"4:12
7."You're Never Alone with Despair"4:36
8."We See Magic and We Are Neutral, Unnecessary"4:21
9."Haul Away the Anchor"2:00

Charts
Chart performance for Songs of Love and Revolution
Chart (2021) Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[7] 35

References
  1. Thomas, Fred. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. Sentz, Tim (11 February 2021). "Beats Per Minute Review". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. True, Everett (5 February 2021). "The Telescopes stay spooky and mesmeric on Songs Of Love And Revolution". Classic Rock. Louder Sound. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  5. Gourlay, Dom (12 February 2021). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. Gameiro, Rui (4 February 2021). "The Telescopes in Interview: "The Function of Art is to Keep the Balance"". Threshold Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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