{"product_id":"telekinesis-ad-infinitum","title":"Telekinesis - Ad Infinitum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded on:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.undertheradarmag.com\/lists\/under_the_radars_top_100_albums_of_2015\/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnder the Radar's Top Albums of 2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e (#64)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thestranger.com\/features\/feature\/2015\/12\/16\/23267841\/the-top-10-albums-songs-and-everything-else-from-the-year-in-music-2015\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Stranger's Top 10 Albums of 2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen it came time to make \u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAd Infinitum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, the fourth \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/telekinesis\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTelekinesis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e album, drummer\/songwriter\/principal architect Michael Lerner found himself in a predicament. In just under five years, he had released three fantastic records—\u003ci\u003eTelekinesis!\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003e12 Desperate Straight Lines\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and \u003ci\u003eDormarion\u003c\/i\u003e (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 \u003ci\u003ecould not\u003c\/i\u003e make another power-pop album.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile many artists have made fruitful use of vintage sounds and production techniques in recent years, \u003ci\u003eAd Infinitum\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eAd Infinitum\u003c\/i\u003e, the most ambitious and assured Telekinesis release to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBonus Tracks available with LP download card:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFalling (In Dreams) demo \u003cbr\u003eClickity-Clack\u003cbr\u003eFroom\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"merge records","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":52739200287031,"sku":"MRG544LP","price":19.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":52739200319799,"sku":"MRG544CD","price":13.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Download","offer_id":52739200254263,"sku":"MRG544digital","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0966\/3935\/3143\/files\/5b80172f2da2d2ec5db70886647f459a199f86bc_c3bb71687af984b5ac2acd33c0d814b516b18975_medium_jpg.jpg?v=1785381066","url":"https:\/\/mergerecords.com\/products\/telekinesis-ad-infinitum","provider":"Merge Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}