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by Sondre Lerche
  • Record Label: Mona
  • Release Date: Sep 23, 2014
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Mojo
    Sep 18, 2014
    60
    If Lerche lack Beck's nous, he makes up for it with a cavalier freedom. [Oct 2014, p.92]
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  2. Consequence
    Sep 24, 2014
    58
    Lerche’s playful expressions of heartbreak capture those [emotional] extremes with competent, if rote, poise, even if a few of his experiments fall flat.

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. wl8291
    Jul 5, 2015
    6
    Though this album has an appropriately pleasing sound to it and it just seems like Mr. Lerche aims to... please, there were some aspects ofThough this album has an appropriately pleasing sound to it and it just seems like Mr. Lerche aims to... please, there were some aspects of this album that didn't really work for me. While it would appear that the distorted sound inserted in various parts of the the album were intentional and perhaps symbolic of poor Sondre's distorted view on love, I feel like it just kind of took away from what I look for with his music. However, if Sondre is indeed looking for a new muse to up his tempo and/or perspective on life, I am indeed available! :)… Full Review »
  2. vicyamusicgreat
    Oct 5, 2014
    9
    Starting off the album is "Bad Law." It’s a bouncy number narrated by a career criminal with a nasty past, foolishly rationalizing his dirtyStarting off the album is "Bad Law." It’s a bouncy number narrated by a career criminal with a nasty past, foolishly rationalizing his dirty deeds from a prison cell, only to stumble inadvertently upon a profound question in the song’s chorus. What follows is a funky eco-friendly number, Crickets,” so innocuous and beguiling that it would not offend your most diligently reactionary friends. With “Legends,” could it be that Sondre is mocking Coldplay and its royal couple of Martin and . . um, who is it this week? Nah, that’s just my imagination working overtime. On “Lucifer” Sondre takes on the US’s fascination with evil, and from his characteristically Scandinavian perspective, he like Björk is not that impressed. I was incorrect in my initial review of this album: it is “After the Exorcism” in which he channels David Bowie with a notable diamond-in-the-rough melodicism. “At a Loss for Words” is a lengthy and trenchant reflection on defeat. On “Lucky Guy” Sondre’s letting us know he can still deliver a powerhouse pop number reminiscent the Beatles or Harry Nilsson; perhaps he is paying homage to colleague Rufus Wainwright as well. “Logging Off” is another of Sondre’s intensely inscrutable album’s-last-song, which might take some time for me to piece together. Indeed, the heart of the album is a number at the album’s middle, unlikely titled “Sentimentalist,” which contains The most stunningly beautiful chorus, conjuring up soundtracks of sundry classic French and Italians films of the 1950s and -60s.… Full Review »
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