Telekinesis is the songwriting vehicle of Michael Benjamin Lerner, whose music splits the difference between summery indie rock and buoyant power pop. A multi-instrumentalist who usually plays all the instruments on his Telekinesis recordings, Lerner achieved a classic pop sound on early efforts like 2009's Telekinesis! and 2011's 12 Desperate Straight Lines, but shifted his focus to vintage synth pop on 2015's Ad Infinitum, while 2019's Effluxion struck a balance between th…

Claude says:You caught Telekinesis once—Michael Benjamin Lerner's one-man indie-pop operation that wraps summery hooks and homemade charm into something that feels both meticulous and effortless, the kind of record that sneaks in through a single play and doesn't let go.