And the record he'd made in that strange dream state would turn out to be Ad Infinitum, the most ambitious and assured Telekinesis release to date. Then he'd wake in 2015 to discover he'd been in his basement studio all along. When it came time to make Ad Infinitum, the fourth Telekinesis. 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. Vinyl LP pressing with digital download that includes three bonus songs (download only). It feels less like a time capsule and more like a time machine. I just could not make another power-pop album." While many artists have made fruitful use of vintage sounds and production techniques in recent years, Ad Infinitum is a different animal.
I just felt like I'd exhausted everything I knew. 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. He had toured all over the world, shared stages with great bands, and enthralled fans of his infectious, ebullient power pop. In just under five years, he had released three fantastic records-Telekinesis! (2009), 12 Desperate Straight Lines (2011), and Dormarion (2013)-each more ambitious than the last. When it came time to make Ad Infinitum, the fourth Telekinesis album, drummer/songwriter/principal architect Michael Lerner found himself in a predicament. Vinyl LP pressing with digital download that includes three bonus songs (download only).
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