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It lays down incontrovertible proof that Sondre Lerche can make a convincing and exciting straight-ahead modern rock record.
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While Lerche remains a promising young songwriter, Phantom Punch doesn't quite fulfill that promise.
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For all the progress the record represents, Punch is a schizophrenic release.
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Thoroughly enjoyable though it is, Phantom Punchalso feels a little lightweight.
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Under The RadarLerche has turned himself more rock than indie. [#16, p.93]
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Mostly what's missing is a dash of original thinking: without it, the album struggles to rise above the ordinary.
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Phantom Punch's palette contains dollops of everyone from The Clash to The Sea And Cake to name-your-favorite-shoegaze-band, but most of all, the album's freewheeling energy brings to mind Supergrass' finest moments.
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SpinThough the hooks and melodies are spread a little thin... Lerche still has a convincing charm in his lighter, acoustic moments. [Feb 2007, p.84]
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Paste MagazineHis grittiest, least-ethereal long-player to date. [Feb 2007, p.58]
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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.
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Alternative PressThe most sophistcated punk-pop you'll ever hear. [Mar 2007, p.136]
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Phantom Punch is a wobbly ride through tracks that, for the most part, hiss and snarl with the leather-jacket swagger of his garagey backing band while Lerche either nervously essays a pseudo-rock "growl" over top or reverts to his customary loungey warble, both of which sound equally absurd.
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A masterpiece of edgy, pop-infused rock composed with intelligence.
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MagnetSounds like somebody has exited the coffeehouse with a strong jolt of caffeine. [#74, p.101]
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On its own merits, Phantom Punch is an assured, absurdly tuneful record, and one of the best of the year thus far.
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Unlike previous efforts at stylistic hop-scotch, "Phantom Punch" is Lerche's most comfortable album since "Faces Down."
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Punch buries its best shots behind too much guitar and gratuitous arrangements.
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Lerche croons and swoons between styles like a prophet of postmodern pomp.
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Phantom Punch is a good album, but not a great one, and certainly not the Career Record that Duper Sessions almost was.
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BillboardLerche seems headed in a promising musical direction, but not all the songs here pack the expected punch. [10 Feb 2007]
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With Phantom Punch Sondre Lerche finally makes good on the promise of his talent; he’s mastered and polished his intuitive gift for melody and arrangement and rightly applied it to his most natural musical inclinations.
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UrbThis time the focus is on tight songwriting, sudden chagnes and an edgy velocity that's never too dense. [Jan/Feb 2006, p.79]
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It hits hard without sacrificing any of Lerche's classic pop appeal.
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RafaelZMay 13, 2007inustice. this singer rox a lot. cheers!
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AnnaLMar 18, 2007
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FábioPFeb 19, 2007Great CD, but less than his predecessor: Duper Sessions