Name: Taste (30 Anniversary Edition)
Brand: The Telescopes

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

FC121V12

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Colour

Purple

Colour details

Transparent Purple Vinyl.

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Discogs ID

[r14102953]

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

180 gram Vinyl housed in Heavy Tip on Sleeve with 16 Page Booklet.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-09-13

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5060467885300

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / purple

Artist

The Telescopes

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Fuzz Club

Fuzz Club is a London based independent record label that focuses on raw, experimental rock 'n' roll. Influenced by genres such as psychedelia, shoegaze, noise, garage, blues, folk and experimentation. The label started in rural Norway during the 24 hour darkness of the Arctic winter and emerged onto the scene in 2012 with their compilation album "The Reverb Conspiracy". This annual release captures the essence of today's underground music scene.

With over 40 releases and around 20 artists under their belt, Fuzz Club has worked with renowned names like Anton Newcombe, Goat, Alan Vega, The Black Angels, Dead Skeletons, A Place to Bury Strangers and The Underground Youth. They believe in putting as much energy and art into the presentation of their records as the bands do into their music. Collaborating with visual artists allows them to create unique and collectible album covers and vinyl.

In addition to their regular releases, Fuzz Club offers super limited edition deluxe versions of select albums. These hand painted, stamped and sealed editions are considered works of art themselves. As a distributor for Fuzz Club records, Cargo Records ensures that these exceptional releases reach fans worldwide.

The Telescopes is a renowned music group that has been led by various talented individuals throughout its existence. With past members including Joanna Doran, David Fitzgerald, Robert Brooks, Dominic Dillon, and Bridget Hayden, the band has consistently delivered unique and captivating sounds to their audience. Their music can be described as experimental and innovative, pushing boundaries and exploring new sonic territories. The Telescopes have left an indelible mark on the music industry with their distinctive style and unwavering commitment to artistic expression.

Every so often, an album appears from out of nowhere that will create a devastating impact on the future. One of those records was Taste, the 1989 debut album from The Telescopes now reissued by London-label Fuzz Club to celebrate its thirtieth anniversary. Hailing from Burton-On-Trent, an industrial UK town in the heart of the Midlands, if you were a regular gig-goer from that part of the world around that time you’ll have already seen this five-piece share stages with the likes of Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine or, if not, touring around the UK with Spacemen 3 and The Jesus and Mary Chain. The Telescopes’ live shows were often a memorably ferocious affair; the primal scream of vocalist and founder Stephen Lawrie cutting through unsuspecting audiences like butter through a knife, aided and abetted by the two-guitar assault and taut rhythm section of his band.

Following their fast-rising notorious live reputation and the release of three singles (the first of which being a split flexi-disc with Loop), The Telescopes released their debut album, Taste, in 1989 on the now defunct What Goes On label. It was an unrefined bolt out of the blue. A sonic feast capable of transforming from visceral to tranquil in a matter of seconds. Even now, listening to blissful opener And Let Me Drift Away as it melts into the brutal I Fall, She Screams sends shivers up the spine. There’s little respite for the rest of side one, Oil Seed Rape thuds and groans, then Violence follows suit. All scratchy guitars that sound as if they were designed primarily to bludgeon senses. Threadbare then The Perfect Needle – the only single taken off the album – bringing the first half to an uneasy close.

The second side kicks off with There Is No Floor, an ode to Roky Eriksson via My Bloody Valentine’s Feed Me With Your Kiss that ultimately merits its mention alongside both. Anticipating Nowhere is the sound of punk rock had it not jumped on the nostalgia gravy train instead, while the sinister Please, Before You Go finds both Lawrie and Doran at their vocally harmonious finest. Suffocation captures the ferocious demeanour of their live show while Silent Water tells its own desolate tale of being buried at sea as a halo of pedal infused noise engulfs Lawrie’s vocals forthwith. Culminating in Suicide, the traditional ending to their live set at this juncture, its continuous loop only bringing the song to a conclusion at the listener’s command. Three decades have passed since its release yet Taste still sounds like nothing else created before or after. Comes on coloured vinyl with a booklet of photos from the era Andnew liner notes reflecting on the album's legacy.

Taste (30 Anniversary Edition)

Music GB