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Burton upon Trent, United Kingdom (1987 – present)
Their debut release was a split flexi disc with Loop on the Cheree label in 1988. There followed their debut single, “Kick the Wall”, and “7th# Disaster” also on Cheree Records. They moved to What Goes On Records and released their debut LP, “Taste” and “The Perfect Needle” single which is perhaps their most famous song. A live album appeared on Fierce Records and following What Goes On’s bankruptcy they signed to Creation Records. A more laidback, baggy influenced sound followed and the band scraped the lower reaches of the UK singles chart with singles like “Flying”, and released “The Telescopes”, their second album, in 1992. It was a commercial failure and the band disappeared from the public eye.
They toured again with a different line-up, new sound and all new songs in 1994 and later evolved into Unisex releasing a number of records. Unisex were Stephen Lawrie (Vocals) Jo Doran (Guitars/Backing Vocals) Nick Hemming (Guitars/Keyboards) Dan (Drums) Foz (Bass).
In 2002 they made a surprise return with “The Third Wave” on Double Agent Records.
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Giygaszor
Boy, you sure are mad.
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Andy_Brennan
thefirstcolours is a twee little piece of shit
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tamlaman
Beautifull Noise The Shoegaze documentary is coming soon... If you help them! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/872104423/beautiful-noise-music-documentary
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gandhi_mate
Taste is so damn good
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Nimbie
Please Before You Go is such an awesome song! Damn.
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OneSalient
New Group - I Buy Music Directly From The Artist
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wingsoftoast
saw them at Reading in 1991. They were pants and the lead singer was off his box rambling on about 'this isn't the sixties or seventies or eighties, it's the nineties'. Thanks for that insight.Even by shoegazey standards they're a bit maudlin. 'Precious Little' is quite good - apart from the chorus, where he moans like a teenager that's just been told they're not going out unless they tidy their room.
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thefirstcolours
someone please explain me why does he scream? He could just keep having a sweet and lovely voice. It was a downer for me.... :c
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Nimbie
Just discovered this band. What a sound! Much more dark and heavy than you could expect.
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supernormalfest
The Telescopes are playing this year's Supernormal Festival - http://supernormalfestival.co.uk - tickets are only £65 for the whole weekend and it's going to be a blinder! If you're coming, let us know on here so we can get to know all you lovely people :-) http://www.last.fm/festival/3144149+Supernormal+Festival
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T0x4
"Taste" is beyond perfection
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Dark14db
OMG Untitled Second is a forgotten masterpiece... people start listening [2]
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adrianalalala
♥
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SgtPepper89
holy shit i thought they had way more listeners! they deserve more! Stephen is the best!
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marytod
http://www.austinpsychfest.com/APF2012/APF2012-first-announce-poster.jpg
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Marc_Youth
Maybe MC5 n Stooges, who knows...
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albinoskarsson
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nickwafer
@OLdSKuul62 They alternate between dream pop and screaming noisy freakouts. But yeah, they almost have more in common with Husker Du, Sonic Youth and American post-hardcore.
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OLdSKuul62
I don''t hear anything even close to dreampop / How'd that tag get there ? They sound more like a mix between noise pop and Punk to me
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le_criminel
Such a cool gig with pure noise at ATP i'll be your mirror.Impressive.
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