Telekinesis (band)

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.[1] 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.[2]
Telekinesis covered ELO's "Can't Get It Out of My Head" for the American Laundromat
Records charity album Sing Me To SleepIndie Lullabies, released May 2010.[3] The band also
covered Nirvana's "On A Plain" in 2011 for SPIN Magazine's exclusive tribute
album, Newermind: A Tribute to Nirvana.
"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

Touring band

Rebecca Cole - keyboards, background vocals (2011present)

Ex members

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)

Discography
Albums

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[edit]

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