{"product_id":"acrobats-cd","title":"Acrobats CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eSondre Lerche has always been a romantic. Whether it be the songs he wrote as a teen for his critically acclaimed 2001 debut, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eFaces Down\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e, or starring as the love-lorn Christian in the Norwegian stage production of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e Moulin Rouge! The Musical\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e. In 2026, though, his love of, well, love is shot through with a kind of defiance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e“There’s a dissonance between the increasingly dystopian world we live in and finding beauty and peace in your private life,” he says. “It feels almost like a paradox that I’m blessed to have landed in a life and a love that is very meaningful and true. And, at the same time, it feels impossible to write a love song without taking into account the terrible things that are happening in the world.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe result is Lerche’s 11th studio album, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eAcrobats\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e, an eight-song suite that pingpongs between joy and introspection, loss and love. Recorded across nine studios with a gaggle of creatives, it’s a perhaps more sobering followup up 2022’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eAvatars of Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e — although no less brimming with passion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003e“If there’s one theme to this album, I suppose it is finding love in times of great unrest and hopelessness,\" Lerche says. And that’s precious. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:transparent;color:#000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;\"\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Much Of This Was Planned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLittle Kids\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrive Me Away From You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove Is All\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollow The River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcrobats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn The Time Before I Knew Her Well\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLife-Changing Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eEP Bonus Tracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfter The Coup\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurning Up The Heat Again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiplomacy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePRE-ORDER CUSTOMERS: Orders are expected to begin shipping the week of August 21st, 2026. Any items purchased with this pre-order will not ship until the week of August 21st, 2026 as well. All items are mockups and final product may vary slightly.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sondre Lerche","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46530623045831,"sku":"SL-304855","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/2128\/7970\/files\/Sondre-Lerche_1_TS.png?v=1779792935","url":"https:\/\/merchtable-inc.myshopify.com\/en-ca\/products\/acrobats-cd","provider":"Merchtable Mall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}