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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from Stephen Lawrie's band The Telescopes features no guitars and only instruments costing £50 or less.
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  1. May 1, 2023
    85
    As with previous Telescopes releases, Experimental Health is both an unsettling and rewarding listen that sits proudly alongside some of Lawrie’s finest works.
  2. May 1, 2023
    81
    It may have taken nearly 20 years since its resurrection, but Lawrie’s exploring new dimensions with his band that are far and wide; a subtle yet severe departure from its beginnings.
  3. Uncut
    May 1, 2023
    80
    Self-imposed limitations allow Lawrie to create unusual textures and sounds and force him to be more resourceful in how he deploys them. [Mar 2023, p.36]
  4. Classic Rock Magazine
    May 1, 2023
    60
    It's elegiac, claustrophobic and contagiously disturbed. [Apr 2023, p.79]