UMUR "Primordial" is the second full-length studio album by US stoner/doom metal act Telekinetic Yeti. The album was released through Tee Pee Records in July 2022. It´s the successor to "Abominable" from March 2017 and there´s been one lineup change since the predecessor as drummer Anthony Dreyer was fired in 2019 and guitarist/vocalist Alex Baumann has instead hired Rockwel Heim to fill his place. So the duo format is continued on "Primordial" which again features no bass. Just drums, guitars (downtuned 7-strong guitar), and vocals. The firing of Dreyer was quite dramatic as Dreyer initially refused to stop using the Telekinetic Yeti name, and therefore two versions of the band existed until Dreyer opted to rename his version of the band Twin Wizard.

Stylistically the material on "Primordial" continues the heavy and psychadelic tinged stoner metal of the debut album. Despite no featuring any bass "Primordial" is a very heavy release featuring driving organic beats, and ultra heavy stoner metal riffs, and a varity of psychadelic guitar effects. The vocals are sparse, and when they occur they are relatively low in the mix distorted shouting. I´m slightly reminded of Electric Wizard when the vocals appear.

"Primordial" features a heavy and organic sounding production, where the guitar is front, left, right, and center and the drums sometimes feel like they are an afterthought. They are simply buried in the fuzzy heavy guitar riffs. "Primordial" is a relatively well composed release, although the tracks aren´t the most memorable and almost all tracks feature the same basic elements (and some are a bit repetitive in their psychadelic haze). There´s something incredibly authentic and organic about the way the band play and it´s their greatest strength, but they could reach the sky with some more memorable songwriting and stronger vocals. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

UMUR "Abominable" is the debut full-length studio album by stoner/doom metal act Telekinetic Yeti. The album was independently released in March 2017. The band formed in 2015 and it´s a duo project featuring Anthony Dreyer (drums) and Alex Baumann (guitars, vocals). As a bit of an oddity in music as heavy as this there is no bass on the album. The guitarist uses a downtuned 7-string guitar though, so it´s still incredibly bottom heavy music.

Stylistically it´s quite energetic (especially the drumming, which I could listen to all day) stoner doom, which is about 50% instrumental. So the shouted vocals are relatively sparse. They aren´t the most interesting feature on the album either though, so it´s not a huge loss (although they aren´t awful or anything like that. Just pretty standard for the genre). Brick heavy groove laden riffs (heavily influenced by 70s Black Sabbath) and the above mentioned energy packed and quite creative drumming are the greatest assets of the band´s music, and also the sometimes atmospheric/psychadelic moments and transitions between songs. Those parts work really well for Telekinetic Yeti. They also strike a good balance between structured parts and what sounds more like jamming organic sections. It´s no easy feat to provide an organic touch to structured music, but this is something Telekinetic Yeti excel in.

I´m quite impressed by how well sounding the album is considering that this is an independent release. The guitar tone is heavy and fuzzy like you´d expect on a stoner doom album, and the drums have a great organic tone to them.

The material are pretty varied for the genre too, and every track on the album is worth a listen. Upon conclusion "Abominable" is a great debut album from Telekinetic Yeti, and although this lineup split-up in 2019, without releasing anything further, Baumann has opted to continue the band with a new lineup, so maybe a sophomore studio album will appear some day. Dreyer went on to form Twin Wizard, which is highly recommendable too. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.