SONDRE LERCHE - Phantom Punch reviews
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| StylusMagazine |
It’s just not possible to go around pretending to be a primitive. I turned my back on writing rock ‘n’ roll songs for a couple of years because I thought it was false; I knew these other chords, so I was being dishonest by not playing them. ‘I mustn’t put a diminished chord in!’ You know that kind of shit? The inverted snobbery of rock’n’roll.” -- Elvis Costello on Imperial Bedroom and Punch the Clock....full text |
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| Entertainment Weekly |
| On 2006's jazzy Duper Sessions, Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche staked his claim as a cabaret tunesmith. This time out, he evokes '80s Britpop at its zenith, with Duran Duran-ish guitars and synths underpinning lyrically self-aware ditties like the title track. Quavering but sturdy, his tenor finds tenderness, longing, and regret in such downbeat acoustic gems as ''Tragic Mirror.'' Phantom Punch may not pack the razzle-dazzle of Duper, but it just might help this gifted performer cement his rep for smartly crafted alt-pop. B+...full text |
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| Treble |
| Pop songs normally are repetitive in their chorus and in their melody, each of which is a simple combination of a couple chords. This can lead them to be...well...repetitive, but in a different sense. This kind of repetitive gets stale after the same after the same tune has been played for the listener so many times within the space of one song, the melody exposed to the empty air where there is no longer interaction between the listener and the song....full text |
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