{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Episode 15: Sondre Lerche","description":"For the latest In the Spotlight podcast Bill Cummings is joined by Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche who releases his new album Acrobats, out 21st August via PLZ / Virgin.\n\nThey talk about Acrobats, Lerche's first full-length collection of entirely new music in over four years, which is an ambitious and open-hearted reflection on the tension between falling in love and living through a period of global unrest and unfathomable human suffering.\n\nThey chat about the 'Love Is All' single and how songs on the album wrestle with the question: how do you write love songs in an increasingly dystopian world? How he thinks \"falling in love feels more and more like an act of defiance.”\n\nThey talk about how the album was inspired by Lerche witnessing Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 at the Oslo Opera House. Also working with Sean O’Hagan of The High Llamas, the Stockholm Studio Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra and a cast of Norwegian jazz and classical musicians on the new record.\n\nBill tells Lerche how he discovered his work in the early 2000s through his song 'Sleep on Needles' from a compilation CD made for him by one of his friends. Plus his 2001 debut album Faces Down, how he doesn't feel like he fitted in with the music scene of the 2000s. They touch on his acting, scoring films like Dan in Real Life, or starring as the love-lorn Christian in the Norwegian stage production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical.\n\nPlus they discuss his influences growing up including The Beatles, Burt Bacharach, XTC, Elvis Costello and Prefab Sprout, plus his love of ambient, disco music and the Pet Shop Boys. They also talk about his collaborations with both AURORA and Mary Lattimore on his 2022 double album, Avatars of Love.  He notes how he finds new AI tools for generating music sickening and how he hopes his music is a rejection of the whole AI machinery.\n\n'Acrobats' physical pre-order is available as a webstore exclusive 2xLP gatefold 'Splendor' edition including recent EP 'Turning Up The Heat Again', a standard 1xLP edition on transparent red vinyl, and CD. Sondre Lerche will embark on an extensive headline tour in support of the new album, which will take him across the UK, Europe and the US. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit his website HERE (https://www.sondrelerche.com/) .\n\nSeptember\n\n10 - Boston, MA @ Arts at The Armory\n12 - Washington, DC @ Miracle Theatre\n13 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom\n15 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall\n16 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Cedar\n19 - Los Angeles, CA @ Sid The Cat Auditorium\n20 - Ojai, CA @ Ojai Women’s Club\n21 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent\n24 - Portland, OR @ Mission Theater\n25 - Seattle, WA @ Triple Door\n\nOctober\n\n01 - Bryne, NO @ Hvelvet Scene\n02 - Stavanger, NO @Tou\n03 - Skien, NO @ Parkbiografen\n07 - Tromsø, NO @ Bryggeriet Scene\n08 - Hammerfest, NO @Arktisk Kultursenter\n09 - Alta, NO @ Rabagast\n10 - Bodø, NO @ Beddingen Kulturhus\n14 - Copenhagen, DK @ Rust\n15 - Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene\n16 - Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene\n17 - Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene\n22 - Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene\n23 - Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene\n24 - Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene\n29 - Kongsberg, NO @ Energimølla\n30 - Trondheim, NO @ Byscenen\n31 - Sogndal, NO @ Sogndal Kulturhus\n\nNovember\n\n02 - Arhus, DK @ Train\n03 - Stockholm, SE @ Hus7\n04 - Gothenburg, SE @ Skeppet\n12 - Lisbon, PT @ Univerdsidade Nova\n13 - Aveiro, PT @ Teatro Aveirense\n14 - Arcos de Valdevez, PT @ Casa das Artes\n16 - Barcelona, ES @ Sala Upload\n17 - Madrid, ES @ Sala B\n20 - Vienna, AT @ Blue Bird Festival\n21 - Torino, IT @ Spazio211\n22 - Bologna, IT @ Baumhaus\n23 - Milano, IT @ Arci Bellezza\n27 - London, UK @ The Lower Third\n29 - Utrecht, NL @ Vredenburg\n30 - Breda, NL @ Mezz\n\nDecember\n\n02 - Groningen, NL @ Simplon\n\nhttps://www.sondrelerche.com\nhttps://www.instagram.com/sondrelerche/?hl=en","author_name":"In The Spotlight: Interviews","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5144887-in-the-spotlight-interviews","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43783300/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}