Sondre Lerche - Sondre Lerche

Sondre Lerche - Norwegian-born, Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter turns introspective, lyrically and stylistically, on his seventh album of forward-thinking, progressive pop...we think it's interesting (and telling) that THIS is the album he decided to title eponymously // Release: Sondre Lerche (June 7, Yep Roc) // Sounds like: Lerche has ironically abandoned much of the eclectic and wide-ranging styles that graced his earlier works -- jazz/pop, bossa nova, 80's pop -- for a more grounded indie style, but it has oddly had the effect of giving his music a bolder, more idiosyncratic focus...Lerche is friend and admirer of Elvis Costello and we're hearing a lot of similarities in approach // Quote: “We recorded a lot of it to tape, forcing ourselves to either commit or burn bridges and move on. We were killing darlings left and right. It was truly liberating.” // What we like: "Domino", following close in the footsteps of his 2009 Heartbeat Radio, has the solid song structure and winning chorus hook...but it is the nimble, angular "Private Caller" that takes off in a blast of shimmering guitar riffs and impatient back beat thrust...

Sondre Lerche - "Private Caller" (from Sondre Lerche)

'Sondre Lerche - "Domino" (from Sondre Lerche)