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Sondre Lerche

April 28, 2023

Sondre Lerche (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈsɔn.dɾə ˈlæɾ.kə]; born 5 September 1982) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and musician. He has released nine studio albums.

Sondre Lerche
Lerche performing in 2022
Born
Sondre Lerche Vaular

(1982-09-05) 5 September 1982 (age 40)
Bergen, Norway
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2001–present
Spouse
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(m. 2005; div. 2013)​
PartnerLinnéa Myhre (2013–2020)
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
Labels
Websitewww.sondrelerche.com

Early life

Growing up in a suburb of Bergen, Lerche was heavily influenced by 1980s pop.[1] Lerche was fascinated by bands such as the Beatles, A-ha, the Beach Boys, and Prefab Sprout, and began formal guitar instruction at the age of eight.[1] Not being satisfied with classical lessons, Lerche's teacher introduced him to Brazilian music, such as bossa nova, and thus formed the foundation of Lerche's vast array of complex melodies and chords throughout his music today. At the age of fourteen, Lerche penned his first song, "Locust Girl."[2] Lerche performed acoustic gigs at the club where his sister worked while he was still under age.[1] Norwegian producer H.P. Gundersen "discovered" Lerche, and began to mentor him, exposing him to diverse music genres, including psychedelia, 1960s pop, and mainstream Brazilian music.[1]

Career

Lerche met with Oslo-based manager Tatiana Penzo, leading up to a deal with Virgin Norway signed in 2000.[1] His popularity in his home country increased steadily, and, in 2000, he recorded his debut album, Faces Down.

Faces Down was not released until 2001, after Lerche finished schooling.[1] In the interim, he was named Best New Act at the Norwegian Grammys (Spellemannprisen) and performed locally in support of major acts such as Beth Orton.[1] Faces Down was officially released in Norway in September 2001 and gradually throughout all of Europe. Lerche toured with various acts, including his long-time idols, a-ha, in Oslo. Autumn 2002 saw the release of Faces Down in America and Lerche's first major tour of the United States.[3] Faces Down was a hit in Norway and received critical praise in Norway and the United States — Rolling Stone Magazine placed it in their top 50 albums of 2002.[citation needed] He released the live/studio collection Don't Be Shallow EP the following year.[1] In 2003, he toured with another one of his musical heroes, Elvis Costello (they toured together once again in 2005).

 
Lerche in 2004

In 2004, his second album was released, Two Way Monologue, also produced by Gundersen. The album displayed more of Lerche's ability to span many different styles—from pop-like and upbeat tracks to more mellow or melodic tunes. It was very well received, with positive reviews in Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.[4] Devon Powers of Popmatters praised Sondre's "contagious musical sensibilities, exhilarating vigor and downright stupefying songcraft," and noted that "Lerche manages to both push himself and maintain an allegiance to his ways – something artists twice his age have trouble doing."[5]

On 27 February 2006, Duper Sessions was released. The jazz album was recorded in the fall of 2005 with his band the Faces Down and pianist Erik Halvorsen at Duper Studios in Bergen. The album reached No. 21 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.[6]

His February 2007 release, Phantom Punch, is a rock album with a more aggressive sound than his previous work. Lerche and the Faces Down recorded and mixed the album in Los Angeles in April and May 2006, with producer Tony Hoffer.[7]

In September 2009, Lerche released Heartbeat Radio, to critical acclaim. While it maintained the studio polish of his groundbreaking debut, there was also a sense of musical adventure that mixed acoustic guitars with grand gestures of orchestral pop, elements of 1950s Jazz, 1960s and 1970s Brazilian psych-folk, and state-of-the-art 1980s pop masters such as Prefab Sprout, Scritti Politti and Fleetwood Mac.[8] In his review, Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "No matter what genre he's working in – fuzzy garage rock, breezy vocal jazz, acoustic folk-pop – this young Norwegian singer-songwriter crafts catchier choruses than many musicians who’ve been working twice as long as he has."[9] Allmusic Guide's Tim Sendra called Heartbeat Radio Sondre's "best work to date."

In June 2011, Lerche released the self-titled Sondre Lerche, on his own Mona Records.[10] Praised by Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Stereogum, Filter, Spin, and Entertainment Weekly among others for its experimentation with contrasting musical sounds, this eponymous album contains Lerche's most interesting arrangements and catchy songwriting to date, but also some of his most somber and introspective. In the studio, Lerche wanted to explore his new creative alliances in Williamsburg, the Brooklyn neighborhood where he's lived on and off for the previous six years.[11] The album was recorded – live in the studio – and mixed in a short but intense time period of three weeks. The sessions included fellow musicians – Midlake drummer McKenzie Smith, longtime producer/collaborator Kato Ådland, Dave Heilman (drummer for Regina Spektor),[2] and co-producer, mixer, and owner of Rare Book Room Studio, Nicolas Verhnes (Spoon, Animal Collective).

 
Lerche in 2012

Lerche celebrated his 30th birthday with the release of his first live album, Bootlegs, in 2012.[1]

Lerche wrote and recorded Please following his divorce from Mona Fastvold.[12][13][14] The album, known as his "divorce record", was released on 23 September 2014 on Mona Records.[15] "Bad Law" was released as the main single for the album in June 2014.[14][15]

On 3 March 2017, Lerche released his eighth studio album, Pleasure, on the PLZ label.[16] On 24 November that year the songs from Pleasure were also released in a stripped down solo version titled Solo Pleasure. Solo Pleasure was released digitally on 14 February 2018.[17]

In April 2022, Lerche released a double album, Avatars of Love.[18]

Personal life

In 2005, Lerche married director and actress Mona Fastvold.[19] They divorced in 2013.[20][12][13] Lerche was in a relationship with writer and blogger Linnéa Myhre from 2013 to 2020.[21]

Lerche returned to Norway in 2020.[22] Prior to that, he lived in Los Angeles and Brooklyn, New York, where he resided from 2005 to 2018.[23][11]

Sondre Lerche is the cousin of Norwegian rapper Lars Vaular. In 2012, they collaborated on the single "Øynene Lukket".[24]

Lerche discovered a talent and joy for running in 2015 and has since completed marathons in New York, London, Berlin and Norway. His personal best time is 2:55:51 in 2020.

Discography

Albums

Appears on

EPs

Singles

  • "You Know So Well" (2001)
  • "No One's Gonna Come" (2001)
  • "All Luck Ran Out" (2001)
  • "Sleep on Needles" (2001/2002)
  • "Dead Passengers" (2002)
  • "Don't Be Shallow" (2003)
  • "Two Way Monologue" (2004)
  • "Days That Are Over" (2004)
  • "Minor Detail" (2006)
  • "Phantom Punch" (2006)
  • "Say it All" (2006)
  • "The Tape" (2007)
  • "Heartbeat Radio" (2009)
  • "Private Caller" (2011)
  • "Domino" (2011)
  • "It's Never Meant to Be"/"Countdown" (2012)
  • "The Plague" (2013)
  • "Public Hi-Fi Sessions 01" (2013)
  • "Bad Law" (2014)
  • "Despite The Night" (2015)
  • "I'm Always Watching You" (2016)
  • "Into You" (2016)
  • "Soft Feelings" (2017)
  • Violent Game" (2017)
  • "I Know Something That's Gonna Break Your Heart" (2017)
  • "Serenading in the Trenches" (2017)
  • Violent Game (Ice Choir Remix)" (2017)
  • "Reminisce (Radio Edit)" (2017)
  • Siamese Twin (Solo)" (2017)
  • "Bad Lier" (2017)
  • "I Know Somethings That's Gonna Break Your Heart (Solo)" (2017
  • "Surviving Christmas" (2018)
  • "Thank u, Next" (2018)
  • Slip Into Character" (2018)
  • "Britney" (2019)
  • "You Are Not Who I Thought I Was" (2020)
  • "Why Would I Let You Go" (2020)
  • That's All There Is" (2020)
  • "I Could Not Love You Enough" (2020)

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Blanford, Roxanne. "Sondre Lerche Biography". Billboard. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b Martin, Erin Lyndal (10 August 2011). "Norwegian Wunderkind". PopMatters. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. ^ Blanford, Roxanne. "Sondre Lerche Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  4. ^ Sylvester, Nick (26 February 2004). "Two Way Monologue". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. ^ Powers, Devon (26 March 2004). "Sondre Lerche: Two Way Monologue". PopMatters. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Sondre Lerche Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  7. ^ Lash, Jolie (24 May 2006). "Sondre Lerche Packs Pop "Punch" on New Album". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. ^ Herrera, Monica (8 July 2009). "Sondre Lerche Plots 'Heartbeat Radio' Tour". Billboard. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. ^ Wood, Mikael (8 September 2009). "Album review: Sondre Lerche's 'Heartbeat Radio'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  10. ^ Lovejoy, Heather (18 November 2011). "Norway's Sondre Lerche brings a pop-folk, edgy darkness". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  11. ^ a b Gallo, Phil (7 June 2011). "Sondre Lerche Finds 'Stronger Connection with Reality' on New Album". Billboard. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  12. ^ a b Norris, John (2 September 2014). "Sondre Lerche Is A Punk-Rock Crooner". Refinery29. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  13. ^ a b Barshad, Nim (22 May 2014). "Hear Sondre Lerche's Dancey, Divorce-Fueled 'Bad Law'". Spin. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  14. ^ a b Murray, Nick (19 June 2014). "Watch Sondre Lerche Humiliate Himself in 'Bad Law' Video – Premiere". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  15. ^ a b Interrante, Scott (23 September 2014). "The Legends We Were Meant to Be". PopMatters. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Sondre Lerche – Pleasure". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Sondre Lerche – Solo Pleasure". EDDA Music. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Sondre Lerche Namechecks Drake, Taylor Swift, & William Basinski on New Song "Avatars of Love"". 14 February 2022.
  19. ^ Aartun, Jorun Sofie F. (6 August 2005). "Trendy å være to". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  20. ^ Lerche, Sondre (25 December 2013). "Hey". Sondre Lerche. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  21. ^ Johansen, Robert Veiåker. "På restauranter kan Linnéa Myhre være en så vanskelig gjest at kjæresten kan bli flau". Aftenposten.no. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  22. ^ "Sondre Lerche Sees Different Parameters of Devotion on 'Avatars of Love'". 27 April 2022.
  23. ^ "Watch Sondre Lerche Trace His Unusual Path to Pop". Rolling Stone. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  24. ^ Talseth, Thomas (4 May 2012). "Lars Vaular og Sondre Lerche: "Øynene lukket"". VG. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  25. ^ Holen, Øyvind (27 September 2001). "Ansiktsløftning for Spellemannprisen". Ballade (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 March 2017.

External links

 
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sondre, lerche, norwegian, pronunciation, ˈsɔn, dɾə, ˈlæɾ, born, september, 1982, norwegian, singer, songwriter, musician, released, nine, studio, albums, lerche, performing, 2022born, vaular, 1982, september, 1982, bergen, norwayoccupationssingersongwriteryea. Sondre Lerche Norwegian pronunciation ˈsɔn dɾe ˈlaeɾ ke born 5 September 1982 is a Norwegian singer songwriter and musician He has released nine studio albums Sondre LercheLerche performing in 2022BornSondre Lerche Vaular 1982 09 05 5 September 1982 age 40 Bergen NorwayOccupationsSingersongwriterYears active2001 presentSpouseMona Fastvold m 2005 div 2013 wbr PartnerLinnea Myhre 2013 2020 Musical careerGenresPop indie rock jazzInstrument s Vocals guitar harmonica bass glockenspiel keyboards piano percussion HammondLabelsEMI Norway Astralwerks Mona RecordsWebsitewww wbr sondrelerche wbr com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Discography 4 1 Albums 4 2 EPs 4 3 Singles 5 Awards 6 References 7 External linksEarly life EditGrowing up in a suburb of Bergen Lerche was heavily influenced by 1980s pop 1 Lerche was fascinated by bands such as the Beatles A ha the Beach Boys and Prefab Sprout and began formal guitar instruction at the age of eight 1 Not being satisfied with classical lessons Lerche s teacher introduced him to Brazilian music such as bossa nova and thus formed the foundation of Lerche s vast array of complex melodies and chords throughout his music today At the age of fourteen Lerche penned his first song Locust Girl 2 Lerche performed acoustic gigs at the club where his sister worked while he was still under age 1 Norwegian producer H P Gundersen discovered Lerche and began to mentor him exposing him to diverse music genres including psychedelia 1960s pop and mainstream Brazilian music 1 Career EditLerche met with Oslo based manager Tatiana Penzo leading up to a deal with Virgin Norway signed in 2000 1 His popularity in his home country increased steadily and in 2000 he recorded his debut album Faces Down Faces Down was not released until 2001 after Lerche finished schooling 1 In the interim he was named Best New Act at the Norwegian Grammys Spellemannprisen and performed locally in support of major acts such as Beth Orton 1 Faces Down was officially released in Norway in September 2001 and gradually throughout all of Europe Lerche toured with various acts including his long time idols a ha in Oslo Autumn 2002 saw the release of Faces Down in America and Lerche s first major tour of the United States 3 Faces Down was a hit in Norway and received critical praise in Norway and the United States Rolling Stone Magazine placed it in their top 50 albums of 2002 citation needed He released the live studio collection Don t Be Shallow EP the following year 1 In 2003 he toured with another one of his musical heroes Elvis Costello they toured together once again in 2005 Lerche in 2004 In 2004 his second album was released Two Way Monologue also produced by Gundersen The album displayed more of Lerche s ability to span many different styles from pop like and upbeat tracks to more mellow or melodic tunes It was very well received with positive reviews in Rolling Stone and Pitchfork 4 Devon Powers of Popmatters praised Sondre s contagious musical sensibilities exhilarating vigor and downright stupefying songcraft and noted that Lerche manages to both push himself and maintain an allegiance to his ways something artists twice his age have trouble doing 5 On 27 February 2006 Duper Sessions was released The jazz album was recorded in the fall of 2005 with his band the Faces Down and pianist Erik Halvorsen at Duper Studios in Bergen The album reached No 21 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart 6 His February 2007 release Phantom Punch is a rock album with a more aggressive sound than his previous work Lerche and the Faces Down recorded and mixed the album in Los Angeles in April and May 2006 with producer Tony Hoffer 7 In September 2009 Lerche released Heartbeat Radio to critical acclaim While it maintained the studio polish of his groundbreaking debut there was also a sense of musical adventure that mixed acoustic guitars with grand gestures of orchestral pop elements of 1950s Jazz 1960s and 1970s Brazilian psych folk and state of the art 1980s pop masters such as Prefab Sprout Scritti Politti and Fleetwood Mac 8 In his review Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times wrote No matter what genre he s working in fuzzy garage rock breezy vocal jazz acoustic folk pop this young Norwegian singer songwriter crafts catchier choruses than many musicians who ve been working twice as long as he has 9 Allmusic Guide s Tim Sendra called Heartbeat Radio Sondre s best work to date In June 2011 Lerche released the self titled Sondre Lerche on his own Mona Records 10 Praised by Rolling Stone The New York Times Stereogum Filter Spin and Entertainment Weekly among others for its experimentation with contrasting musical sounds this eponymous album contains Lerche s most interesting arrangements and catchy songwriting to date but also some of his most somber and introspective In the studio Lerche wanted to explore his new creative alliances in Williamsburg the Brooklyn neighborhood where he s lived on and off for the previous six years 11 The album was recorded live in the studio and mixed in a short but intense time period of three weeks The sessions included fellow musicians Midlake drummer McKenzie Smith longtime producer collaborator Kato Adland Dave Heilman drummer for Regina Spektor 2 and co producer mixer and owner of Rare Book Room Studio Nicolas Verhnes Spoon Animal Collective Lerche in 2012 Lerche celebrated his 30th birthday with the release of his first live album Bootlegs in 2012 1 Lerche wrote and recorded Please following his divorce from Mona Fastvold 12 13 14 The album known as his divorce record was released on 23 September 2014 on Mona Records 15 Bad Law was released as the main single for the album in June 2014 14 15 On 3 March 2017 Lerche released his eighth studio album Pleasure on the PLZ label 16 On 24 November that year the songs from Pleasure were also released in a stripped down solo version titled Solo Pleasure Solo Pleasure was released digitally on 14 February 2018 17 In April 2022 Lerche released a double album Avatars of Love 18 Personal life EditIn 2005 Lerche married director and actress Mona Fastvold 19 They divorced in 2013 20 12 13 Lerche was in a relationship with writer and blogger Linnea Myhre from 2013 to 2020 21 Lerche returned to Norway in 2020 22 Prior to that he lived in Los Angeles and Brooklyn New York where he resided from 2005 to 2018 23 11 Sondre Lerche is the cousin of Norwegian rapper Lars Vaular In 2012 they collaborated on the single Oynene Lukket 24 Lerche discovered a talent and joy for running in 2015 and has since completed marathons in New York London Berlin and Norway His personal best time is 2 55 51 in 2020 Discography EditAlbums Edit Faces Down September 2001 October 2002 U S Two Way Monologue March 2004 Duper Sessions February 2006 Phantom Punch February 2007 Dan in Real Life October 2007 soundtrack Heartbeat Radio September 2009 Sondre Lerche June 2011 Bootlegs September 2012 live album Please September 2014 Pleasure March 2017 Solo Pleasure November 2017 physical and February 2018 digital Patience June 2020 Deluxe edition released October 2020 Avatars of Love April 2022Appears on Dear Laughing Doubters from the soundtrack for the motion picture Dinner for Schmucks July 2010 Mr Bassman on the album Muppets The Green Album August 2011EPs Edit You Know So Well 2001 Norway No One s Gonna Come 2001 Norway Sleep on Needles 2001 Norway 2002 France Spain and the United Kingdom Dead Passengers 2002 UK Don t Be Shallow 2003 USA Two Way Monologue 2005 United Kingdom Daytrotter Session 2007 Polaroid Pool Party 2008 Polaroid Pumpkin Party 2008 Daytrotter Sessions 2011 Singles Edit You Know So Well 2001 No One s Gonna Come 2001 All Luck Ran Out 2001 Sleep on Needles 2001 2002 Dead Passengers 2002 Don t Be Shallow 2003 Two Way Monologue 2004 Days That Are Over 2004 Minor Detail 2006 Phantom Punch 2006 Say it All 2006 The Tape 2007 Heartbeat Radio 2009 Private Caller 2011 Domino 2011 It s Never Meant to Be Countdown 2012 The Plague 2013 Public Hi Fi Sessions 01 2013 Bad Law 2014 Despite The Night 2015 I m Always Watching You 2016 Into You 2016 Soft Feelings 2017 Violent Game 2017 I Know Something That s Gonna Break Your Heart 2017 Serenading in the Trenches 2017 Violent Game Ice Choir Remix 2017 Reminisce Radio Edit 2017 Siamese Twin Solo 2017 Bad Lier 2017 I Know Somethings That s Gonna Break Your Heart Solo 2017 Surviving Christmas 2018 Thank u Next 2018 Slip Into Character 2018 Britney 2019 You Are Not Who I Thought I Was 2020 Why Would I Let You Go 2020 That s All There Is 2020 I Could Not Love You Enough 2020 Awards EditNewcomer Spellemannprisen 2001 25 References Edit a b c d e f g h i Blanford Roxanne Sondre Lerche Biography Billboard Retrieved 4 March 2017 a b Martin Erin Lyndal 10 August 2011 Norwegian Wunderkind PopMatters Retrieved 4 March 2017 Blanford Roxanne Sondre Lerche Biography AllMusic Retrieved 18 March 2011 Sylvester Nick 26 February 2004 Two Way Monologue Pitchfork Retrieved 4 March 2017 Powers Devon 26 March 2004 Sondre Lerche Two Way Monologue PopMatters Retrieved 4 March 2017 Sondre Lerche Chart History Billboard Retrieved 4 March 2017 Lash Jolie 24 May 2006 Sondre Lerche Packs Pop Punch on New Album Rolling Stone Retrieved 4 March 2017 Herrera Monica 8 July 2009 Sondre Lerche Plots Heartbeat Radio Tour Billboard Retrieved 4 March 2017 Wood Mikael 8 September 2009 Album review Sondre Lerche s Heartbeat Radio Los Angeles Times Retrieved 4 March 2017 Lovejoy Heather 18 November 2011 Norway s Sondre Lerche brings a pop folk edgy darkness The Florida Times Union Retrieved 4 March 2017 a b Gallo Phil 7 June 2011 Sondre Lerche Finds Stronger Connection with Reality on New Album Billboard Retrieved 4 March 2017 a b Norris John 2 September 2014 Sondre Lerche Is A Punk Rock Crooner Refinery29 Retrieved 4 March 2017 a b Barshad Nim 22 May 2014 Hear Sondre Lerche s Dancey Divorce Fueled Bad Law Spin Retrieved 4 March 2017 a b Murray Nick 19 June 2014 Watch Sondre Lerche Humiliate Himself in Bad Law Video Premiere Rolling Stone Retrieved 4 March 2017 a b Interrante Scott 23 September 2014 The Legends We Were Meant to Be PopMatters Retrieved 4 March 2017 Sondre Lerche Pleasure AllMusic Retrieved 4 March 2017 Sondre Lerche Solo Pleasure EDDA Music Retrieved 23 January 2018 Sondre Lerche Namechecks Drake Taylor Swift amp William Basinski on New Song Avatars of Love 14 February 2022 Aartun Jorun Sofie F 6 August 2005 Trendy a vaere to VG in Norwegian Retrieved 4 March 2017 Lerche Sondre 25 December 2013 Hey Sondre Lerche Retrieved 18 November 2014 Johansen Robert Veiaker Pa restauranter kan Linnea Myhre vaere en sa vanskelig gjest at kjaeresten kan bli flau Aftenposten no Retrieved 11 January 2020 Sondre Lerche Sees Different Parameters of Devotion on Avatars of Love 27 April 2022 Watch Sondre Lerche Trace His Unusual Path to Pop Rolling Stone 8 October 2014 Retrieved 4 March 2017 Talseth Thomas 4 May 2012 Lars Vaular og Sondre Lerche Oynene lukket VG Retrieved 7 April 2013 Holen Oyvind 27 September 2001 Ansiktsloftning for Spellemannprisen Ballade in Norwegian Retrieved 4 March 2017 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sondre Lerche Official website Tiny Desk concert for NPR AwardsPreceded byBriskeby Recipient of the Newcomer Spellemannprisen2001 Succeeded byGate Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sondre Lerche amp oldid 1150408593, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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