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Years active
  
2008 – present

Website
  
telekinesismusic.com

Members
  
Michael Benjamin Lerner

Labels
  
Merge Records

Record label
  
Merge Records

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Origin
  
Seattle, Washington, United States

Instruments
  
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboard, Drums

Genres
  
Indie rock, Shoegazing, Power pop

Albums
  
Dormarion, 12 Desperate Straight L, Ad Infinitum, Telekinesis!, Parallel Seismic Conspiracies

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Telekinesis is Michael Benjamin Lerner, an indie rocker based out of Seattle who is currently signed to Merge Records. The band was signed to Merge Records in early 2009, and shortly afterward released the debut album Telekinesis! on April 7, 2009. Recorded in September 2008, the album was produced, mixed, and engineered with the help of Chris Walla (guitarist for Death Cab For Cutie), who also played on most tracks. Lerner and Walla recorded one song per day on analog tape.

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Telekinesis covered ELO's "Can't Get It Out of My Head" for the American Laundromat Records charity album Sing Me To Sleep–Indie Lullabies, released May 2010. The band also covered Nirvana's "On A Plain" in 2011 for SPIN Magazine's exclusive tribute album, Newermind: A Tribute to Nirvana.

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"Power Lines" from the band's third album Dormarion was the title song for the Amazon show Betas.

Personnel

  • Michael Benjamin Lerner - drums, guitar, bass, keys, vocals, more cowbell, trombone, cello, violin, paintbrush

    • Touring members

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  • Rebecca Cole - keyboards, background vocals (2011 - present)
  • Eric Elbogen - bass (2011 - present)
  • Lance Umble - electric guitar (2015 - present)

    • Former touring members

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  • Nick Vicario - electric guitar
  • Cody Votolato - electric guitar
  • Jason Narducy - bass
  • Chris Staples - electric guitar, background vocals (2009-2011)
  • David Broecker - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar (2009-2011)
  • Jonie Broecker - bass guitar, keyboards (2009-2011)

    • Albums

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  • Telekinesis! – Merge LP (2009)
  • 12 Desperate Straight Lines – Merge LP (2011)
  • Dormarion – Merge LP (2013)
  • Ad Infinitum – Merge LP (2015)

    • EPs

  • Toulouse-Lautrec – self-released EP (2008)
  • Coast of Carolina – self-released EP (2009)
  • Parallel Seismic Conspiracies – Merge EP (2010)

    • Singles

  • "All of a Sudden" split 7" – Architecture (2008)

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    Songs

    Ghosts and CreaturesDormarion · 2013
    Dirty Thing12 Desperate Straight Lines · 2011
    Please Ask for Help12 Desperate Straight Lines · 2011

    References

    Telekinesis (band) Wikipedia
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