Telekinesis is back this year with a brand new album. Michael Benjamin Lerner is readying the project’s newest LP Effluxion (from the Latin term meaning to flow) for release on February 22nd via Merge Records. Following up on January’s video for the Effluxion track “Cut the Quick,” photographer/video director Kayhl Cooper returns to do the honors on these new visuals for “A Place in the Sun.”
While the video involves a fairly straight forward concept–two dozen people listen to the cut on a set of headphones–the results are pretty special. Cooper explains: “This video was filmed in people’s personal spaces: their apartment, their workplace, their studio. I told them they could dance or sit still, but they really just had to listen. Having this song in the headphones immediately put them in a completely separate world. I sort of just let the camera run from there.”
Look for Telekinesis to kick off a US tour this coming Spring. You can find a complete list of the upcoming tour dates after the YouTube embed below…
Telekinesis on tour:
Mar 30 Baker City, OR Churchill Dancehall
Apr 01 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
Apr 02 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
Apr 04 Omaha, NE Slowdown Jr.
Apr 05 Davenport, IA The Raccoon Motel
Apr 06 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
Apr 07 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
Apr 08 Chicago, IL Schubas
Apr 09 Grand Rapids, MI Pyramid Scheme
Apr 10 Detroit, MI El Club
Apr 11 Toronto, ON Drake Hotel
Apr 12 Montreal, QC Bar le Ritz PDB
Apr 13 Boston, MA Great Scott
Apr 14 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brendas
Apr 16 Brooklyn, NY Rough Trade
Apr 17 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall
Apr 18 Carrboro, NC Cats Cradle Back Room
Apr 19 Atlanta, GA The Earl
Apr 20 Nashville, TN The Basement
Apr 22 Dallas, TX Ruins
Apr 23 Houston, TX Rockefellers
Apr 24 Austin, TX 3TEN ACL Live
Apr 26 Phoenix, AZ The Rebel Lounge
Apr 27 San Diego, CA Casbah
Apr 28 Los Angeles, CA The Moroccan Lounge
Apr 30 San Francisco, CA Cafe du Nord
May 01 Chico, CA Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
May 02 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
May 03 Seattle, WA Neumos
May 04 Vancouver, BC Biltmore Cabaret
