{"id":2657,"date":"2011-07-26T23:54:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T06:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=2657"},"modified":"2011-07-26T23:54:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T06:54:30","slug":"sondre-lerche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/07\/sondre-lerche\/","title":{"rendered":"SONDRE LERCHE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2658\" title=\"SONDRE-LERCHE-M-Review-June2011\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/SONDRE-LERCHE-M-Review-June2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/SONDRE-LERCHE-M-Review-June2011.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/SONDRE-LERCHE-M-Review-June2011-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>S<\/strong><strong>ONDRE LERCHE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Sondre Lerche <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Mona]<\/p>\n<p>Sondre Lerche has undertaken several stylistic transitions in his relatively brief career, from chamber-pop wannabe and crooner of the occasional torch song to would-be rocker. With his latest album, an eponymous effort released independently, the native Norwegian finds a comfortable niche that accommodates all these incarnations. Whether it\u2019s the casual stride that glides through \u201cRicochet,\u201d \u201cLiving Dangerously\u201d and \u201cRed Flags,\u201d or the kinetic pace propelling \u201cGo Right Ahead\u201d and \u201cWhen the River,\u201d Lerche remains cool, committed and consistently at ease. The arrangements sometimes seem nonchalant, but there are intriguing elements: the droning violins that give \u201cColiseum Town\u201d its exotic mystique, the tipsy sway sashaying through \u201cDomino,\u201d the hushed shuffle that underlies \u201cTied Up to the Tide.\u201d It suggests a sound that might result were John Mayer, David Gray and Paul Simon to pool their musical DNA, a combination of shiny surfaces and serious introspection. \u2013Lee Zimmerman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SONDRE LERCHE Sondre Lerche [Mona] Sondre Lerche has undertaken several stylistic transitions in his relatively brief career, from chamber-pop wannabe and crooner of the occasional torch song to would-be rocker. With his latest album, an eponymous effort released independently, the native Norwegian finds a comfortable niche that accommodates all these incarnations. Whether it\u2019s the casual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,1636,2107,2106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2659,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657\/revisions\/2659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}