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One Track Mind

Psychic Ills

One Track Mind

Album No.4 from the NY psychedelic rock band, with Neil Hagerty (Royal Trux) producing

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6.3

Label
Sacred Bones
UK Release date
18/02/2013
US Release date
19/02/2013
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  1. 8.0 |   Q

    Fans of early Beck, Spacemen 3 and Galaxie 500 will love it. Print edition only

  2. 7.8 |   Beats Per Minute

    Aims for the feel of a great dusty road-trip album, and only through its staggering consistency does it slightly fall short of such heights
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  3. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Appears to ditch any electronic component in place of a studied and wilfully messy amateurism. Print edition only

  4. 7.0 |   Blurt

    It's as if the Brian Jonestown Massacre hired J Mascis to write its material, solid songcraft disguised as stoned slack
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  5. 7.0 |   All Music

    The washy blend of acoustic dirges, blown-out guitar tones, and lonely psychedelic character sketches solidify into an increasingly accessible sound from this once ungrounded act, without losing any of the group's character or inspiration
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  6. 6.0 |   Pitchfork

    Considering the band's taste for zoning out to infinity, One Track Mind really needed a harsher edit. With some tightening and pruning, it could have burst into bloom
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  7. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Psychic Ills continue to produce music that succeeds by repetition, a trick that can’t hold up for everyone or in every situation
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  8. 5.2 |   Bowlegs

    It feels like Psychic Ills have given up the exploration and the experimenting, and have instead settled in a rather dull place. Shame really
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  9. 4.0 |   The 405

    When put in the same context as contemporaries such as Tame Impala, Psychic Ills simply pale in comparison due to their refusal to push any kind of envelope
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