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Artist: Sondre Lerche: mp3 download    Genre(s):  ROck: Alternative Other     Discography:      Phantom Punch    Year: 2007    Tracks: 11      Two Way Monologue    Year: 2005    Tracks: 12      Faces Down    Year: 2002    Tracks: 12 By the time Sondre Lerche had released his major-label debut (2002's critically acclaimed Faces Down), the then 19-year-old Norwegian wunderkind was already a old-timer of the music mankind. Signed to Virgin Norway in 2000, Lerche released the chart-topping EP You Know So Well in February 2001. A commercially successful followup EP, No One's Gonna Come, was released in June of the same year, accompanied by legion local performances and increasing industriousness praise. Lerche's distinctive interpreter and natural natural endowment for authorship likable and alternately cheery and melancholiac start tunes rapidly accomplished him as a definite rival for significance throughout Europe and beyond. Born and raised in Bergen, Norway, Lerche was weaned on the '80s crop up that emanated from his old siblings' rooms. Compelled by a shaping enchantment for bands such as a-ha, the Beach Boys, and Prefab Sprout, Lerche began formal guitar instruction at age eight-spot. Not satisfied with the lessons at school, he experimented with original tunes on his have, finally penning his low gear call, "Locust Girl," at 14. Lerche performed acoustic gigs at the ball club where his baby worked piece he was placid underage, and was "discovered" by Norwegian producer HP Gundersen. Under Gundersen's mentorship, Lerche was exposed to diverse music genres, including psychedelia, '60s pop, and mainstream Brazilian music, broadening his admiration for eclecticist music styles. Around this time Lerche as well met up with Oslo-based manager Tatiana Penzo, in the lead up to a deal with Virgin Norway. The songs from Faces Down had been completed before winter 2000 simply postponed for release until Lerche fulfilled respective academic requirements. In the interim, he was named Best New Act at the Norwegian Grammys (Spellemannprisen) and performed locally in supporting of major acts such as Beth Orton. Faces Down was formally released in Norway in September 2001 and bit by bit end-to-end all of Europe. Lerche toured with versatile acts, including a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to share the stage with his longtime idols a-ha in Oslo. Autumn 2002 saw the release of Faces Down in America and Lerche's first gear major enlistment of the United States. He tempered fans with the live/studio appeal Don't Be Shallow EP the following year. Lerche got personal for his soph campaign, Two Way Monologue, which appeared in bound 2004. For his adjacent album, Lerche took a stylistic deflection and recorded an album of low-key, jazz-influenced tunes with a minuscule more often than not acoustic version of his Faces Down band. Duper Sessions was released in 2006 and reached number five in the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz graph. While touring that class with Elvis Costello, Lerche was inspired by Elvis' vigour and interaction with his grouping. This lED Lerche and the Faces Down to record a batch of little, punchy stone songs for 2007's Apparition Punch. Among the fans of Lerche's work was manager Peter Hedges, wHO was looking for individual to furnish music for his 2007 film Dan in Real Life -- soul to be his Cat Stevens (Harold and Maude) or Simon & Garfunkel (The Graduate). He chose Lerche, and the soundtrack featured a mix in of songs from his back catalog and some newly recorded tracks.