Sondre Lerche & The Faces Down Quartet are putting the finishing touches on an album recorded at the end of 2005 at Duper Studio in Bergen, Norway. The disc, appropriately titled Duper Sessions, will be the first of two releases from Lerche in 2006, and is slated for a March 21 release in the U.S. Sessions, released late February in Norway, moved up the Norwegian album charts to #4 this past week, and into the #1 most-downloaded slot on iTunes Norway.

In support of the U.S. release day, Lerche will play three scheduled shows in NYC and LA before returning to Europe for a few television appearances. Those North American dates are:

04.06 -- New York, NY; Bowery Ballroom
04.08 -- Los Angeles, CA; Troubadour
04.09 -- Los Angeles, CA; Troubadour

Anxiously awaited dates, for sure. Meanwhile, the U.S. album release will see a cover of Elvis Costello's "Human Hands" replace "The More I See You," while all copies of the album will feature Cole Porter's "Night And Day" and Prefab Sprout's "Nightengales." Complete tracklist for Sessions follows:

01 - Everyone's Rooting For You
02 - Minor Detail
03 - Across The Land
04 - The Curse Of Being In Love
05 - Dead End Mystery
06 - Night And Day
07 - Once In A While
08 - Human Hands
09 - (You Knocked Me) Off My Feet
10 - (I Wanna) Call It Love
11 - Nightingales
12 - I'm Not From Here
13 - You Sure Look Swell