| Songs of Love and Revolution | ||||
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| Released | 5 February 2021 | |||
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| Length | 39:11 | |||
| Label | Tapete | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100 [3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Beats Per Minute | 80% [2] |
| Classic Rock | [4] |
| Under the Radar | 8/10 [5] |
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 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]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [7] | 35 |
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