Telekinesis—with or without the exclamation point—is a longtime A.V. Club favorite. The band—really just Michael Benjamin Lerner and whoever he’s got around him at the moment—has released three excellent albums, and recently announced the impending release of a fourth, Ad Infinitum. The new one, due out September 18, is full of delightfully dated synth sounds, like a bleep-bloopier version of the same pop genius he’s been doing for years, perhaps made after listening to M83 for a month in a row. We’ve got an exclusive look at the album’s first video, “In A Future World,” which features Michael in a spacesuit and a beachscape that previously appeared on film in The Goonies. While you’ve got Telekinesis on the brain, check out the band’s two A.V. Undercover appearances, covering Belle And Sebastian and Donovan. The video’s director, Justin Lapriore, explains how “In A Future World” came together:
We met. We drank ample amounts of bourbon, which is fitting. There are things that get better with age, 60s space lore, my dads dented stainless suitcase, the foggy memory of movies from our formative years, and bourbon.