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- Summary: The second full-length release was produced by Chris Walla.
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- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock
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Top Track
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| I wanna live on a country lane some place where no one knows your name I'll forget you too (x2) I wanna sleep in late I wanna start from the... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 21
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Mixed: 7 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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Feb 17, 2011While the hooks on 12 Desperate Straight Lines sink in easily, they're far from painless.
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Feb 18, 2011The second Telekinesis album suggests that Michael Lerner's gift for hooky, college-radio friendly indie-pop shows no signs of abating.
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Alternative PressFeb 23, 2011For fans of hook-laden music, the album's a must. [Mar 2011, p.99]
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Feb 17, 2011For 12 Desperate Straight Lines, the songs are still there, only this time some of the looseness of the self-produced sessions comes into play and the end result ends up being a marked improvement.
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Mar 9, 2011The charm of these songs won't last forever. They'll have their season in your heart or car stereo, their refrains will seep gently into your vocabulary, and at some point you'll stop needing them, but it's welcome company while it lasts.
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Mar 16, 201112 Desperate Lines takes tried-and-true radio rock tropes and imbues them with enough life to make them feel fresh.
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Feb 17, 2011Desperate sounds like a series of well-executed demos, waiting to be taken up by a crack band and a singer who can make them breathe.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Feb 23, 2011The power pop sound of 12 Desperate Straight Lines does resemble Telekinesisâ
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