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Much of the musical inspiration here appears to be drawn from the decades before Lerche's birth: lounge strings and distant female "do doo's" with reverb; the jazz phrasing of "Modern Nature", the Charlie Brown Christmas carol piano of "Virtue and Wine".

The only contemporary artists he falls in line with are similarly retro-focused characters: "tropicalia"-style Beck, Stereolab's arched-eyebrow space-age material, or, more obviously, the soft-folk of fellow Astralwerks Norwegians, Kings of Convenience.

The drawback of this laundry list is that Faces Down is too often predictable in its dreamy arrangements, containing few surprises to separate Lerche from the legions of gents with a predilection for chamber-pop. Lerche's nonchalance also tends to drag songs out longer than necessary: "On and Off Again" could stop right at the mark, before the theremin-accented freakout, and remain just as good if not stronger, while "Things You Call Fate" needlessly cycles a repetitive jam past the nine-minute mark.

Nevertheless, Faces Down will likely please anyone who's into this kind of EZ-indie, as Lechre proves adept at orchestrating large-ensemble set pieces like "Dead Passengers", conversational duets like "Modern Nature", or solo croons like "Side Two". Monday 20 September Tuesday 21 September Wednesday 22 September Thursday 23 September Friday 24 September Saturday 25 September Sunday 26 September Monday 27 September Tuesday 28 September Wednesday 29 September Thursday 30 September Friday 1 October Saturday 2 October Sunday 3 October Monday 4 October Tuesday 5 October Wednesday 6 October Thursday 7 October Friday 8 October Saturday 9 October Sunday 10 October Monday 11 October Tuesday 12 October Wednesday 13 October Thursday 14 October Friday 15 October Saturday 16 October Sunday 17 October Monday 18 October Tuesday 19 October Wednesday 20 October Thursday 21 October Friday 22 October Saturday 23 October Sunday 24 October Monday 25 October Tuesday 26 October Wednesday 27 October Thursday 28 October Friday 29 October Saturday 30 October Sunday 31 October Monday 1 November Tuesday 2 November Wednesday 3 November Thursday 4 November Friday 5 November Saturday 6 November Sunday 7 November Monday 8 November Tuesday 9 November Wednesday 10 November Thursday 11 November Friday 12 November Saturday 13 November Sunday 14 November Monday 15 November Tuesday 16 November Wednesday 17 November Thursday 18 November Friday 19 November Saturday 20 November Sunday 21 November Monday 22 November Tuesday 23 November Wednesday 24 November Thursday 25 November Friday 26 November Saturday 27 November Sunday 28 November Monday 29 November Aggressive Bittersweet Druggy.

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