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Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

  • Summary: The second full-length release was produced by Chris Walla.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Feb 17, 2011
    83
    While the hooks on 12 Desperate Straight Lines sink in easily, they're far from painless.
  2. Feb 23, 2011
    80
    For fans of hook-laden music, the album's a must. [Mar 2011, p.99]
  3. Mar 1, 2011
    80
    12 Desperate Straight Lines is Lerner's second LP under the Telekinesis moniker, and it finds his introspection all the more labyrinthine, but his chops as a genuine architect nothing if not totally satisfying.
  4. Mar 16, 2011
    60
    12 Desperate Lines takes tried-and-true radio rock tropes and imbues them with enough life to make them feel fresh.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. The power pop sound of 12 Desperate Straight Lines does resemble Telekinesisâ