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Brooklyn experimentalists Telepathe pronounce their name "telepathy," which you'd already know if you were a mind reader (or went to their MySpace). Telepathe's contribution to Rare Book Room Records' forthcoming RBR 001 compilation is a patient, accomplished track, awash in the swirling dissonance of previously posted entries by Deerhunter and the Animal Collective's Avey Tare. For all the shoegaze-informed noise, though, "I Can't Stand It" really centers around on the wispy vocal interplay of Telepathe's core duo, Busy Gangnes and First Nation's Melissa Livaudais. "You know it could be so much better, too," they sing, as the solar system seems to implode around them-- like a "Maps" where they might not "love you like I love you," but love has ceased to be enough. Telepathe's discography is limited so far-- a four-song debut Farewell Forest and a 12" are out on the Social Registry-- so let's hope this song promises more to come.

Stream:> Telepathe: "I Can't Stand It"
[from RBR 001; due soon from Rare Book Room]