Telekinesis! Explained

Telekinesis
Type:	studio
Artist:	Telekinesis
Cover:	Telekinesis-TelekinesisST.jpeg
Released:	April 7, 2009
Recorded:	September 15–28, 2008
Genre:	Indie rock, power pop, alternative rock, shoegaze
Length:	31:47
Label:	Merge
Producer:	Chris Walla

Telekinesis! is the eponymous debut studio album by the alternative rock band Telekinesis. Recorded in September 2008, the album was produced, mixed, and engineered with the help of Chris Walla (guitarist for Death Cab For Cutie), recording one song per day on analog tape.^[1] The album was released on Merge Records on April 7, 2009.^[2]

Planet Sound ranked Telekinesis! no. 1 in their "Top 50 Albums of 2009".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Rust" – 2:06
2. "Coast of Carolina" – 3:32
3. "Tokyo" – 2:54
4. "Look to the East" – 3:14
5. "Awkward Kisser" – 1:45
6. "Foreign Room" – 3:30
7. "Great Lakes" – 2:54
8. "Imaginary Friend" – 2:54
9. "All of a Sudden" – 3:43
10. "Calling All Doctors" – 3:03
11. "I Saw Lightning" – 2:12

Personnel

• Michael Benjamin Lerner – drums, guitar, vocals

Touring band

• Chris Staples – guitar
• David Broecker – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar
• Jonie Broecker – bass guitar, keyboards

External links

• Merge Records - Telekinesis
• Telekinesis on Myspace

Notes and References

1. Kate Thuma, "SXSW '09 Pick: Telekinesis", Spin Magazine, March 6, 2009.
2. Lavinia Jones Wright, "Telekinesis", Billboard Magazine, April 18, 2009.
3. Web site: Top 50 Albums of 2009. Planet Sound. Teletext. 29 July 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091215101046/http://www.teletext.co.uk/PlanetSound/album-live-reviews/default.aspx. 15 December 2009.