Blog: The Dumbing of America

Formed in 1987, Stephen Lawrie created some of the most sonically challenging music of the burgeoning "shoegaze" era. Taking the noise of the Jesus and Mary Chain records to a new level, but maintaining a pop sensibility that set them ahead of the pack. Songs like "7th# Disaster" and "The Perfect Needle" took England by storm and put them on the cover of all the British magazines. There second album moved towards the "baggier" sound that was popular in 1992. Despite containing brilliant songs like "Flying", the media turned on them following the lugheaded "change is [...]

• The Telescopes - 7th# Disaster
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