The Telescopes - Altered Perception

Starting with "The Perfect Needle" and "Sadness Pale", one can sense that the Telescopes were a vibrant energetic band in the early to mid 90's. These two songs show an aggressive mix of Jesus and Mary Chain guitars married to the droning straightforward nature of Spacemen 3. The thing is, these two songs could live up to pretty much anything in either of those bands' catalogues! They are perfectly druggy and rocking at the same time. All in all this is a fine portrait of a band that started super strong and sort of tailed off by the end of their 90s career. Like all compilations and best of's, it's a hit and miss situation, but definitely worth hearing and owning for any shoegaze/spacerock music fan.