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Sondre Lerche: Live from SXSW

by Mary Lucia and Sondre Lerche

March 15, 2007

Sondre Lerche performing live at SXSW
Sondre Lerche performing live at SXSW
MPR Photo/ Christina Schmitt

Sondre Lerche claims his latest album, Phantom Punch, is "an Orange Juice meets Fleetwood Mac & My Bloody Valentine meets Gilberto Gil & Os Mutantes meets early Elvis Costello & Prefab Sprout & XTC meets Thomas Dolby meets Steely Dan circa Katy Lied, kind of thing."

Although only 24, the Norwegian-born singer-songwriter seems like a vet. He and his band, The Faces Down, have been playing together for six years and he's already on his fourth release.

Songs performed: "Say It All," "The Tape," and "After All."

Sondre Lerche
Sondre Lerche
Photo: Ruvan Wijesooriya