This is wonderful to read. TWM was the first of your records that I learned and loved back in the late 00's, and I've been with you on your artistic ride ever since. (Fondly remembering when "Heartbeat Radio" came out, the first of your records I had the pleasure -- pun very much intended -- to witness the release of as an active fan.) I immediately connected to the forlorn, dramatic romance and melancholy I heard on "Track You Down," "It's Over," and "Maybe You're Gone." What a blast it has been to witness all that has come since. Your best songs? Shooting from the hip here, but I still listen to "Guilty" and "Wither Street" on YouTube and find them to be everything I loved about your writing on TWM; sad but sweet, a little mysterious and hard to get a grip on, but the kind of songs that get stuck to your person and seem to help make sense of those weird, unnamable pangs that show up out of the blue. Thanks for writing, can't wait to revisit the music this fall.
Fab post! Any chance of getting some of the b-sides and remixes from this era released as part of the digital edition? I'd also be interested in an option to purchase a collection or ep of these tracks.
(Also so excited about the songbooks. The original book is a blast to play on the piano. Can't wait to collect all the songbooks! It has to take a lot of time and effort to put those together. Most artists have stopped releasing sheet music. Thank you!)
Jim -- this is very extensive and good! The Casio version of Days That Are Over will be included in the digital remastered version of Two Way Monologue that comes out Oct 11. The TWM Yogi Radio Edit I don't think I know. Hoisting The Flag, Don't Fool Around, Hello Headphones and Johnny Johnny Ooh Ooh are for now only available digitally with the previous expanded digital edition. But I am working on compiling and EP of band demos of some of those and some of the album tracks that I might release on CD this fall. Stay tuned!
Looking forward to seeing you live again, sensei. And thank you for this delicious essay and helping us travel back to the time you recorded this. Music is a form of time travel. Thanks for being the soundtrack for the last half of my short life lol.
I pre-ordered this so fast! I absolutely adore this album and still listen to it all the time. My answer for best song ever written is always "America" by Simon and Garfunkel. But love of music is all subjective, so there is no definitive answer to that question.
America is one hell of a song! Imagine writing that. And then imagine writing at least 30 songs as good as that. That's Paul Simon. Tremendous songwriter. Joy!
“Working on the new one” 😎 heck yes
This is wonderful to read. TWM was the first of your records that I learned and loved back in the late 00's, and I've been with you on your artistic ride ever since. (Fondly remembering when "Heartbeat Radio" came out, the first of your records I had the pleasure -- pun very much intended -- to witness the release of as an active fan.) I immediately connected to the forlorn, dramatic romance and melancholy I heard on "Track You Down," "It's Over," and "Maybe You're Gone." What a blast it has been to witness all that has come since. Your best songs? Shooting from the hip here, but I still listen to "Guilty" and "Wither Street" on YouTube and find them to be everything I loved about your writing on TWM; sad but sweet, a little mysterious and hard to get a grip on, but the kind of songs that get stuck to your person and seem to help make sense of those weird, unnamable pangs that show up out of the blue. Thanks for writing, can't wait to revisit the music this fall.
Thanks Matthew -- good to hear from you here!
Songbooks have arrived! Nice to have the additional TWM songs.
https://imgur.com/a/DUzaV9G
AMAZING!!!
Fab post! Any chance of getting some of the b-sides and remixes from this era released as part of the digital edition? I'd also be interested in an option to purchase a collection or ep of these tracks.
(Also so excited about the songbooks. The original book is a blast to play on the piano. Can't wait to collect all the songbooks! It has to take a lot of time and effort to put those together. Most artists have stopped releasing sheet music. Thank you!)
https://www.discogs.com/master/171974-Sondre-Lerche-Two-Way-Monologue
Johnny Johnny Ooh Ooh
Two Way Monologue 3:05 (Short Edit) / (Radio Edit)
https://www.discogs.com/release/2067101-Sondre-Lerche-Days-That-Are-Over
Days That Are Over (Short Michael Brauer Edit)
Days That Are Over (Short Jørgen Træen Edit)
Days That Are Over (Michael Brauer Edit)
Days That Are Over (Jørgen Træen Edit)
https://www.discogs.com/release/5971570-Sondre-Lerche-The-Golden-Republic-Tour-2004
Stupid Memory (Edit)
https://www.discogs.com/release/3978821-Sondre-Lerche-Two-Way-Monologue
Hello Headphones
https://www.discogs.com/master/1025751-Sondre-Lerche-Dead-Passengers-EP
Days That Are Over (Casio Festival Mix) (4:22)
https://www.discogs.com/release/2068696-Sondre-Lerche-Two-Way-Monologue-EP
Hoisting the Flag
Don't Fool Around
Days that are Over (3:19 Edit)
https://www.discogs.com/release/4081420-Sondre-Lerche-Two-Way-Monologue
Two Way Monologue (Duper Edit)
Wrong Way (Bretter Mix)
https://www.discogs.com/release/3417568-Sondre-Lerche-Two-Way-Monologue-EP
Two Way Monologue (Yogi Radio Edit)
Days That Are Over (Michael Brauer Edit) 3:45
Jim -- this is very extensive and good! The Casio version of Days That Are Over will be included in the digital remastered version of Two Way Monologue that comes out Oct 11. The TWM Yogi Radio Edit I don't think I know. Hoisting The Flag, Don't Fool Around, Hello Headphones and Johnny Johnny Ooh Ooh are for now only available digitally with the previous expanded digital edition. But I am working on compiling and EP of band demos of some of those and some of the album tracks that I might release on CD this fall. Stay tuned!
Looking forward to seeing you live again, sensei. And thank you for this delicious essay and helping us travel back to the time you recorded this. Music is a form of time travel. Thanks for being the soundtrack for the last half of my short life lol.
What a joy and an honor! More to come!
Thanks for the reissue, king 👑
My pleasure!
I pre-ordered this so fast! I absolutely adore this album and still listen to it all the time. My answer for best song ever written is always "America" by Simon and Garfunkel. But love of music is all subjective, so there is no definitive answer to that question.
America is one hell of a song! Imagine writing that. And then imagine writing at least 30 songs as good as that. That's Paul Simon. Tremendous songwriter. Joy!