Sondre Lerche Details New Album ‘Acrobats’ and Announces Fall Tour

Sondre Lerche has announced a new album, Acrobats , which will be out August 21 via PLZ/Virgin. His first in four years, Lerche made it across nine studios with a few different producers and featuring string arrangements by The High Llamas’ Sean O’Hagan.

The first single is “Little Kids” which really puts a spotlight on O’Hagan’s string arrangements. “From the first verse’s innocent rejection, to the third verse’s plunge into premature adulthood, ‘Little Kids’ is about trying to avoid looking back in anger, and instead look back with newfound empathy and perspective on adolescent attempts at stumbling towards love, friendship and intimacy,” says Lerche. “It’s about forgiving who you were and who you were with, and that feeling we get when we see photos of ourselves and realize we were so much younger than we thought at the time. It’s personal, but highly universal.”

The single comes with a video directed by Lea Meyer. “For the first time in my career, I felt compelled to make a video that actually visualized elements of the lyrics,” Sondre says. “It’s not an adaptation, but something about the nature of these words made me not want to counter or contrast them this time, but rather follow them and elevate them. I had been lucky enough to meet Lea Meyer at a thing a while back and I just had an instinct that she’d get the song and that she’d be right for this. Drawing on some visual and thematic inspiration from the 1970 film A Swedish Love Story, we are introduced to three different couples, different ages and challenges. The results are a testament to Lea’s talent and unique touch. Her and her team were such a brilliant, beautiful group of young professionals who worked incredibly well and dedicated together. Obviously the song is very meaningful to me, but I am also so proud of this video.”

Watch the video below.

Sondre has also announced a North American tour that hits NYC’s Bowery Ballroom on September 13 . Tickets for all dates go on sale Friday, May 15 at 10 AM local time and you can check out his full schedule below.

ACROBATS

01) How Much Of This Was Planned

02) Little Kids

03) Drive Me Away From You

04) Love Is All

05) Follow The River

06) Acrobats

07) In The Time Before I Knew Her Well

08) Life-Changing Love

Sondre Lerche – 2026 Tour Dates:

09/10 – Boston, MA @ Arts at The Armory

09/12 – Washington, DC @ Miracle Theatre

09/13 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

09/15 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

09/16 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Cedar

09/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Sid The Cat Auditorium

09/20 – Ojai, CA @ Ojai Women’s Club

09/21 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent

09/24 – Portland, OR @ Mission Theater

09/25 – Seattle, WA @ Triple Door

10/15 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene

10/16 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene

10/17 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene

10/22 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene

10/23 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene

10/24 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Scene

11/12 – Lisbon, PT @ Auditório da Reitoria da UNL

11/13 – Aveiro, PT @ Teatro Aveirense

11/14 – Arcos de Valdevez, PT @ Casa das Artes

11/20 – Vienna, AT @ Blue Bird Festival

11/21 – Torino, IT @ Spazio211

11/22 – Bologna, IT @ Baumhaus

11/23 – Milano, IT @ Arci Bellezza

11/27 – London, UK @ Lower Third

11/29 – Utrecht, NL @ Vredenburg

11/30 – Breda, NL @ Mezz

12/02 – Groningen, NL @ Simplon

_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/sondre-lerche-announces-new-album-tour-shares-little-kids/)._