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- Summary: The debut album for the rock band led by Michael Benjamin Lerner was produced by Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla.
- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Rock, Pop
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Positive: 9 out of 13
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Mixed: 4 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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This album, with all its unmoored, frenetic energy, is a fantastic pop album, even if it doesn't posit anything new.
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His debut, produced by fellow Seattleite Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie, projects an offhanded air, yet each song is precisely put together, and the whole thing speeds by in just over half an hour.
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In its entirety the album is a great debut, toe-tapping and catchy with just the right blend of familiarity and individuality, and it should send a message to new bands: Simplicity is key.
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Simply put: an album stuffed with great, joyful songs.
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The album brims with quick 'from the gut' compositions that have been uncomplicatedly produced using simple instrumentation.
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There is nothing original or novel about Telekinesis' music, but somewhat counterintuitively, its by-the-books professionalism is what makes it so effective.
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UncutLerner's voice--pale and uninteresting, rather than poinant--allow his songs to sag. [Sep 2009, p.96]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 1 out of 1
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Sep 11, 2010
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