Name: Ad Infinitum
Brand: Telekinesis

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A 50544

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Limited edition

Release date

2015-09-18

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Sales:8.875

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Artist

Telekinesis

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Merge Records

Telekinesis is an American indie rock project based in Seattle. The brainchild of sole member [a1536154], Telekinesis writes and performs the majority of its material single-handedly. On stage, Telekinesis is joined by talented musicians including Chris Staples on electric guitar, David Broecker on electric/acoustic/bass guitar, and Jonie Broecker on bass guitar/keyboards.

Inspired by a range of influences, Telekinesis creates music that resonates with fans of indie rock. With catchy melodies and thoughtful lyrics, their sound has been compared to artists such as Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Say Hi, Voxtrot, Rogue Wave, Throw Me The Statue, Coconut Records, Generationals, Born Ruffians, Surfer Blood, The Helio Sequence, The Love Language, The Dodos, Tapes 'n Tapes,Bishop Allen,French Kicks Islands.The Long Winters Miniature Tigers Freelance Whales Mates of State.

If you're a fan of indie rock that combines infectious hooks with introspective songwriting, 
Telekinesis is an artist you won't want to miss.

When it came time to make Ad Infinitum, the fourth Telekinesis album, drummer/songwriter/principal architect Michael Lerner found himself in a predicament. In just under five years, he had released three fantastic records—Telekinesis! (2009), 12 Desperate Straight Lines (2011), and Dormarion (2013)—each more ambitious than the last. He had toured all over the world, shared stages with great bands, and enthralled fans of his infectious, ebullient power pop. Newly married and happily ensconced in the home studio he'd assembled in his West Seattle basement, Lerner found himself asking the question that has haunted modestly successful bands down the ages: What do you do after the rock and roll dreams you had when you were 19 have come true? "I went down to the basement," Lerner recalls, "and started playing the same chords I always play... I just felt like I'd exhausted everything I knew. I was not excited at all. I just could not make another power-pop album." While many artists have made fruitful use of vintage sounds and production techniques in recent years, Ad Infinitum is a different animal. It feels less like a time capsule and more like a time machine. In the movie version of the story, Lerner would stumble on his way down the stairs, hit his head, and wake up in 1983, and the only way he could get back to the present day would be to make a record using available instruments. Then he'd wake in 2015 to discover he'd been in his basement studio all along. And the record he'd made in that strange dream state would turn out to be Ad Infinitum, the most ambitious and assured Telekinesis release to date.

Ad Infinitum

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