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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Business Telekinesis Signs to Merge Records

Posted by on Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:03 AM

Cool! According to Merge Records' press release,

Seattle's The Stranger says, "[Michael Benjamin] Lerner has an ear for bright, easy, slightly retro pop hooks, and his songs take unexpected, off-kilter turns."

Nice shilling there, Eric. Three cheers and hearty congrats to local one-man-band Lerner, whose live quartet recently kicked all matter of ass at the Chop Suey with some of the most memorable modern power-pop I've heard in years. The below ditty's a fine example, and it'll be on Telekinesis' debut record, Telekinesis!, on April 7. Chris Walla produced it, if that matters to ya.

 

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Glad to see it finally announced. Congrats to Lerner. That young man can write an infectiously catchy tune. Grateful to have his handmade (edition of 100) EP and 7" split before all ears land on him.
Posted by Travis on January 15, 2009 at 12:37 AM
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Best news! Michael is great and so is the band!
Posted by Eli on January 15, 2009 at 2:17 PM
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anyone got the name for that tune, it's excellent. never heard of these dudes until just yesterday w/ that merge press release. anyhow, i like.
Posted by captain underpants on January 15, 2009 at 11:28 PM
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Though I had heard of them/him, I hadn't actually heard his music until I just previewed "Coast of Carolina" this morning. If this is typical of what he can do with a tune, there's no stopping his rise to even greater heights than "Seattle Cool".
Posted by station dude on January 16, 2009 at 9:05 AM

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