Telekinesis is the songwriting vehicle of Michael Benjamin Lerner, whose mu… Read Full Bio ↴Telekinesis is the songwriting vehicle of Michael Benjamin Lerner, whose music splits the difference between summery indie rock and buoyant power pop. A multi-instrumentalist who usually plays all the instruments on his Telekinesis recordings, Lerner achieved a classic pop sound on early efforts like 2009's Telekinesis! and 2011's 12 Desperate Straight Lines, but shifted his focus to vintage synth pop on 2015's Ad Infinitum, while 2019's Effluxion struck a balance between the two sides.

Based in Seattle, Lerner handled most of the instrumental duties on his band's debut, Telekinesis!, which was produced by Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and released in spring 2009. Telekinesis then launched a tour in support of the record, with auxiliary members Chris Staples, David Broecker, and Jonie Broecker filling out the lineup. On the 2010 EP Parallel Seismic Conspiracies, Lerner took over production duties, but for his next full LP, 12 Desperate Straight Lines, he was back to working with Walla. For the tour that accompanied the release, Lerner formed a new band with Jason Narducy on bass and Cody Votolato on guitar. Lerner's third outing under the Telekinesis moniker, 2013's Dormarion, found the one-man band enlisting the help of Spoon drummer/producer Jim Eno.

Lerner spent the next two years immersing himself in the world of vintage synths and keyboards in anticipation of the band's retro synth pop-heavy fourth studio album, Ad Infinitum, which dropped in September 2015. Lerner struck a balance between the clean electronic textures of Ad Infinitum and the more organic approach of his earlier work on the album Effluxion, released in February 2019.

Biography by Andrew Leahey

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Telekinesis Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Telekinesis:

50 Ways Don't speak don't whisper No one is listening now You were n…
A Place in the Sun Running around I'm always looking out for you My hearts a…
Calling All Doctors Calling all doctors, quick come see Something very wrong wit…
Can't Get It Out of My Head Midnight on the water. I saw the ocean's daughter. Walking o…
Car Crash Love comes and goes And everything flows Til you feel so l…
Coast Carolina Woke up in another lifetime It's a shame it's just not…
Coast Of Carolina Woke up in another lifetime It's a shame it's just not…
Country Lane I wanna live on a country lane Some place where no One…
Cut the Quick It's all right when you're coming undone I feel my heart…

Dirty Thing I was young and, You were older. We had some…
Effluxion I will wait patiently I will let fate take control again It'…
Falling If you were to tell me If I'd have had to…
Feel It in Your Bones Just try Can't feel it now You've got no sense of control It…
Fever Chill Nothing's free in your family tree But when it's dark again,…
Fifty Ways Don't speak don't whisper No one is listening now You were n…
Fight Club Ah It's volcanic, [...] we throw blows [...], dope addi…
Foreign Room I was walkin' through the night underneath the starry, star…
Ghosts and Creatures I knew from the start Full of ghost and creatures within…
Gotta Get It Right Now Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ra, ba-ra Ba-ra-ra, ba-ra-ra, ba-ra-ra-ra-ra…
Great Lakes Desolation I don't even know my name But as the rain break…
How Do I Get Rid of Sunlight? I'm so sick and tired of the city Can hardly get…
I Cannot Love You You know I'm sick and you know I'm crazy Never get…
I Got You Train's speeding over the tracks I can't see through the fog…
I Saw Lightning I saw lightning Coming from the street You were trembling …
Lean on Me Oh, I'd wish you'd wear that dress Go on and?? the…
Like Nothing I was coming back from coming undone Look up at the…
Out for Blood I was dreaming in a deep deep sleep All the colors…
Patterns Oh my darling Oh my dear There's patterns forming everywhere…
Please Ask for Help I'm not gonna let you down, But I'm not gonna help…
Power Lines First time I looked straight into her eyes I saw the…
Running Like a River Oh my mind is running like a river And I don't…
Set a Course Well there was a road If I could have crossed I wouldn't…
Sleep In Don't forget that it's a feeling You know that anyway Sunlig…
Suburban Streetlight Drunk And I don't care I feel let down And I don't even…
Symphony As I awoke and my heart it did choke on…
Tokyo I, I, I, Went to Tokyo Only in my dreams, because…

You Turn Clear in the Sun We fell in love this summer By the spring time we…

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