Telekinetic Yeti - Abominable (2017) (New Full Album)

Occasionally, a recording reaches out of the speakers and grabs you — shakes you — doesn’t invite but demands that you trip with it along whatever imagined pathways it produces. Abominable, the first full-length release from Dubuque’s Telekinetic Yeti (out on Sump Pump Records March 17) may just be the first such album of 2017. It is both impossible to believe that Telekinetic Yeti is a two-piece, and impossible to believe that it could be anything but. The unity and clarity of vision that Alex Baumann and Anthony Dreyer have developed together in such a short time is intimate and grounded—but the breadth of sound that the duo achieves belies that intimacy, even while it relies on it. This record is far greater than the sum of its parts; the production on Abominable (recorded at Flat Black Studios and mixed by the untouchable Luke Tweedy) is full and delicious. Driving and deliberate, Abominable hearkens back to classic stoner metal, but with intricacies of sound that invite even space rock comparisons. Even on more straightforward tunes, like “Stoned and Feathered”, there are twists and tricks that tease a deeper musical throughline. The eight-plus minute instrumental, “Colossus” is where the album really finds its place. Dreyer’s drumming on this track is phenomenal. It would be trite to call this “epic,” but the storytelling (on all of the instrumental tracks, but especially here) is so damn solid that you’ll feel like you just read some ancient poetry. The journey “Colossus” outlines is complete enough that, if you’re listening digitally, instead of on record, then track five, “Lightbearer” can catch you off guard. Abominable is a record to get lost in. It’s the musical equivalent of jumping in a van with three or four of your closest friends and driving until you have no idea where you are anymore. From the rev up into the opening title track to listening to the gravel fall off the edge of the mountain as you skid to a stop at the end of “Himalayan Hymn,” this is a trip you don’t want to miss. Review by Genevieve Trainor http://littlevillagemag.com/album-review-telekinetic-yeti-abominable/ 1. Abominable - 0:00 2. Electronaut - 3:51 3. Stoned and Feathered - 9:14 4. Colossus - 12:51 5. Lightbearer - 22:28 6. Apophis - 27:40 7. Beneath the Black Sun - 29:24 8. Himalayan Hymn - 35:45 Support Telekinetic Yeti by purchasing the album here https://telekineticyeti.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.facebook.com/telekineticyetiband/ Support the continued funding of this channel, become a Patreon https://www.patreon.com/MeadowOfDoom Check out Stoned Meadow Of Doom 2 for more excellent full albums! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkqjcQwTNvsxQWT44N6ESrA Stoned Meadow Of Doom Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/StonedMeadowOfDoom/ Join the SMOD Nation Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/188446978378035/

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