''TPA Flight 028'' is the second album by Canadian
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...
group
Tristan Psionic
Tristan Psionic was a Canadian indie rock band. The band members also founded the music label Sonic Unyon.
History
Triston Psionic was formed in 1991 in an industrial warehouse loft in Hamilton, Ontario. The band consisted of vocalist Sandy McInt ...
. It was released on vinyl and CD in 1996 on
Sonic Unyon, a record label started by three members of the band. TPA is the
IATA code of
Tampa International Airport
Tampa International Airport is an international airport west of Downtown Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority (HCAA)., effective December 30, 2021. T ...
, but it more likely stands for the fictional "Tristan Psionic Airline."
The album held the number one position for Canadian college radio for eight weeks. It also reached the top thirty on the
CMJ
CMJ Holdings Corp. is a music events and online media company, originally founded in 1978, which ran a website, hosted an annual festival in New York City, and published two magazines, ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' and ''CMJ New Music Report''. Th ...
(Top 200) college radio albums chart.
Track listing
All songs written by Tristan Psionic (Peter Kirkpatrick, Sandy McIntosh, Mark Milne, and Tim Potocic).
# "Air Traffic Control" – 4:26
# "Divided" – 4:24
# "Lucky Star" – 3:13
# "Professional Human" – 2:58
# "Secret" – 4:53
# "Puke" – 3:22
# "All of the Important Things I've Done" – 4:00
# "3 AM (Circa 1996)" – 3:01
# "Trans Am Kid" – 2:45
# "Zone of Compass Unreliability" – 2:59
# "Donut Rock City" – 7:02
References
Tristan Psionic albums
1996 albums
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