TELEKINESIS - 12 DESPERATE STRAIGHT LINES (LP)

Telekinesis 12 Desperate Straight Lines on LP

When Michael Benjamin Lerner set out to record songs for the follow-up to his debut album Telekinesis, he found himself with no band, a case of vertigo, and a wrecked van. The long-distance relationship that inspired his debut album had ended, and he had just returned from a much-needed escape to Berlin where he banished himself to a room in the warehouse district to write songs from 9 to 5 each day. Michael was inspired (by the heavy, fuzzy bass in Flin Flon’s a-OK) to buy a bass guitar and, in a sudden burst of inspiration, wrote four more songs for the album.

Michael and Chris Walla continued their partnership from Telekinesis and again recorded to tape at Portland’s Jackpot Studios. The result of all of this is 12 Desperate Straight Lines, twelve new songs of heartache, anger, and even a little hopefulness. Telekinesis has re-emerged with a new band featuring Jason Narducy (Robert Pollard band, Verbow) on bass and Cody Votolato (Jaguar Love, The Blood Brothers) on guitar.

Telekinesis 12 Desperate Straight Lines Track Listing:

1.  You Turn Clear In The Sun
2.  Please Ask For Help
3.  50 Ways
4.  I Cannot Love You
5.  Dirty Thing
6.  Car Crash
7.  Palm Of Your Hand
8.  I Got You
9.  Fever Chill
10. Country Lane
11. Patterns
12. Gotta Get It Right Now