Sondre Lerche
albums
Morten Skage - Bass
Kato Adland - Organ and background percussion instruments
H.P. Gunderson - Organ and background percussion instruments
Sean O'Hagan - Horn and String arrangements
Best Album: not one just yet
Biggest influences: The Beatles, Elliot Smith, Cole Porter
2004
Two Way Monologue - 5/8
This is the second album by the self styled singer/songwriter (though the first one to get real attention),
but it feels like a demo album of sorts. Half formed ideas, second rate songs, difficult lyrics, this is just not
that thought through. It almost sound as if the guy didn't listen to the album to determine flow before he
released it. A significant older influence is present, from the baroque aspect of the early Beatles or the
tunes of Cole Porter (whose "Night and Day" Lerche has previously covered). From the good reviews I
read about this guy, as a "rising folk star", I see some good and some bad songs here. Songs such as
"Track You Down", "Wet Ground", and "Counter Spark" are probably the best, and "Two Way
Monologue", "It's too Late", "Days that are Over", and "It's our Job" show glimpses of songs that may work
someday, but in this form they do not. If Sondre Lerche is a rising star, he is still in infancy; he needs to
come a long way before he is worthy of attention. Can he do it? Undoubtedly, as three or four of these
songs show, the man can right a parts of a good folk song worthy of Joni Mitchell or Gordon Lightfoot.
This sounds like a negative review, but I guess my expectations were very high after all of the praise this
album got upon its release. Simply put, Lerche has quite a way to go before matching contemporary
folkies such as Sam Beam, Devandra Banhart, David Poe, Andrew Bird, or Badly Drawn Boy. - Trevor e.y.
1.love you- gf
2.track you down- 3
3.on the tower- 2
4.two way monolouge- 3
5.days that are over- 2
6.wet ground- 4
7.counter spark- 3
8.it's over- 2
9.stupid memory- 2
10.it's too late- 3
11.it's our job- 3
12.maybe your gone- 2
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