When we handed over the site to Death Cab For Cutie a ways back, Chris Walla BTW‘d Telekinesis. After that, Telekinesis, aka Seattle songwriter Michael Benjamin Lerner, was picked up by Merge records, who’re releasing his debut Telekinesis! in April (note the exclamation point). As far as conflicts of interesting, it turns out the Lerner recorded it in Seattle with — surprise! — Chris Walla. When Walla introduced us to the project, he showcased three tracks, including an earlier version of “Coast Of Carolina.” We have the updated “Coast” from the Merge collection. Lerner plays just about everything on it (and on the album), but when he tours, he takes a band with him. Which is what he’ll be doing when he goes out on the road in late February with Ra Ra Riot.
Telekinesis! is out 4/7 via Merge. You can find out more about the man at his MySpace. Here’s where he’ll be touring. Look for SXSW dates, too.
01/19 – Kennewick, WA @ Red Room Coffee House +
02/21 – Vancouver, BC @ Richard’s on Richards *
02/24 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir *
02/25 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos *
02/27 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent (Noise Pop!) *
02/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre *
03/01 – La Jolla, CA @ UCSD – The Loft *
03/02 – Costa Mesa, CA @ The Detroit Bar *
+ w/ David Bazan
* w/ Ra Ra Riot, Cut Off Your Hands
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great to hear this tune again. new version kicks ass.
I’ve heard the record and it’s pretty amazing. Not to mention he’s one of the nicest dudes you’ll ever meet. I really hope this record takes off for him.
glad to see you guys finally taking notice of Telekinesis. love it
pretty sure his song “father christmas” was at the end of stepbrothers, too. good for him.
actually it was the kinks cover of the song ‘father christmas’ at the end of the movie. lerner did recently cover their cover though..
really? the versions sound similar as hell then
Yay! Go Seattle artists.
the record is amazing
You can buy his father christmas here:
http://hardtofindafriend.blogspot.com/search/label/peace%20on%20earth%3A%20a%20charity%20holiday%20album
i hate liars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! totally random!!!!!!!
Unbelievably great in its simplicity. There isn’t enough music like this out there today, that is, unadorned, earnest, sing along power pop. I am so excited for this album. It will likely be one of my favorites of the year, especially if their live performance was any indication (obviously it will be) of what the record has in store!
Makes me smile everytime I hear it! Just saw them live, fun as hell to hang out with as well! Nice to see Telekinesis is going places! Thank you Chris Walla as well!