Sondre Lerche

This taster from Lerche's forthcoming album is a confident track that zig-zags through genres before winding down six minutes later. It's got the familiar, Nilsson-style baroque melodies, but Lerche is gaining momentum as a lyricist, and this wiry, folk-pop epic bodes very well for the future.

Norway's Sondre Lerche possesses a boyish yet accomplished voice that's every bit as
expressive as his tunes. He's only twenty-one and looks even younger, but this thinking
person's pop star writes ornate, Sunday-morning melodies that suggest a composer twice
his age, and his soft, urbane tenor rises to the challenge. Recalling an early David Bowie
minus all the affectations, Lerche croons in clear, Anglo-accented English, shifti... More >

Norwegian aims for classic-pop wit in English, with precisely analogous music ("Wet Ground," "It's Over"). (Grade - *)