"There's quite a bit of stuff going on here, from Tortoise's mood making to lo-fi slacker cabaret to a toned down Ride. The full download link is in their most recent

Myspace blog and comes with our seal of approval, whatever that proves." - sweepingthenation.blogspot.com/

"Whoever said that nothing in life is free had never stumbled upon The Most Powerful Telescope in the Universe, which is hardly suprising since Google brings up very little information either.

They may be the Most Powerful Telescope in the Universe but they are as obscure as an Iranian film without subtitles. The little I have been able to glean from extensive googling is that the band

consist of five friends from various and equally obscure bands including Coltrane Motion (featured on that friend of the obscure The Devil's blog in May last year Coltrane Motion) , Apartment of

Nepal Apartment or Nepal, With Raccoon Hands and Go To Hell who assemble at a remote wilderness cabin write and record an EP from scratch. Once completed they return from whence they came

and release the results of their endeavours to the online world for free, gratis, cuffo. It's free and recorded in a couple of days so it's rubbish right? Well actually no it's not rubbish it's a laid back,

mellow, free form jazz inflected, mix of Slint, Shellac , shellac Tortoise and early 70s Pink Floyd. Simply majestic yet majestically simple."  - besttuna.blogspot.com/

"Unknown music from unknown bands. That's what this indieblog is about. Sometimes the bands are really unknown. This means that you can't find a lot of information, even with the all

mighty Google. What do I know about The Most Powerful Telescope in the Universe? The band comes from somewhere in the United States and the band members are Michael Bond, Andrew Hagood,

Timothy Heyl, Andrew Kroner and Michael Winters. These musicians are also active in Coltrane Motion, Apartment or Nepal, With Raccoon Hands and Go to Hell. The call themselves the

least-hardest-working band in show business. Once a year they retreate to a remote cabin in Hocking Hills, Ohio and they record several songs. The first time they did this was November 2006

and these songs were released on an EP last Christmas on the label Datawaslost. In November 2007 the members of The Most Powerful Telescope in the Universe went back to the cabin and the

result will be released next summer. You can download the complete first EP through this link and according to the rules of Creative Commons. You can also start by listening to the two tracks

below. The rock music you'll hear is a mix between punk, Pink Floyd (before "Meddle") and Slint." heetstof

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