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The Little Hands of Asphalt

About Me


REVIEWS OF "LEAP YEARS":
"The lyrics are undecidedly either very deep, or just surreal and naive. Something we're not used to from norwegian artists. This fits like a glove with the lightfooted, yet rock solid indiepop"
Spirit, 6/6
"It's elevated by its' extremely eloquent lyrics, from something you could describe as good, but naive and melodic music, to an interesting debut"
Studvest, 6/6
“Pop-poetry ... Outclasses most norwegian songwriters these days.
Aftenposten, 5/6
“There are few Norwegian artists these days that have such a genuinely great pop sound as The Little Hands of Asphalt, and Leap Years is a prime example of classic singer/songwriting with a suitably modern and wary approach.”
NRK Lydverket, 5/6
"Offers some of the best songs from a young singer/songwriter in a while"
Adressa, 5/6
“among Norway's finest albums of the year ... A combination of superb lyrics, a beautiful soft voice and and melodies reminiscent of Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements and Elliot Smith”
ABC Nyheter, no grade
"The alt-country inspired pop on this disc is at a very high level"
Firdaposten, 5/6
"Pure pop-magic ... The songs are so beautiful, fragile & expansive (yes, its true), it's impossible to not raise your arms, scream out in joy, or get depressed"
Furoreiharare.com, no grade
"Quite possibly the most beautiful Norwegian album this year"
musikknyheter, 7/10
"seems aware of the fact that he has crafted something truly special that is not a common experience – 2009 is not a leap year but this record, in all its beauty and openness, is."
Shakespearesister, no grade
“makes every moment a lasting memory ... One of the greatest albums that has come out of the Oslo underground in years”
Groove.no 5/7
Catchy, innocent, and charming bedroom-pop, with detailed, reference-filled lyrics about love, fish, the gulf-stream, etc.
Livecity, 7/10
"What sets Lyseid apart is his wonderous and thought-through lyrics, as well as a developed sense of melody"
Natt og Dag 4/6

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/05/2006
Band Members: Sjur Lyseid +
Live Band/acomplices:

Eivind Almhjell
Eivind Bøe
Magnus Rauan
Gjermund Jappèe
Marit Falkum Enerhaug
Ola Innset
Kari Nøst Hegseth
Kari Jahnsen

Influences: decisions, regrets
Sounds Like: Independently minded, sensitive boys doling out anthems of introspection to thousands of kids raising their fists as they stare at their navels

Booking: Spoon Train Live,
[email protected]
Record Label: How is Annie Records/Spoon Train Audio
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

updates, festival dates, british release

Hello world.I'm really sorry for the lack of updates lately. So much going on, some days have been 10 hour days in the studio with beautiful postrockers/numoband and great friends Youth Pictures of Fl...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:17:00 GMT

Øya Festival + english & french review

It's just confirmed, the LHoA is booked at the Øya Festival, Norway's biggest (and perhaps best) festival. We're more than excited! It takes place from august 11th - august 15th, and what day we're go...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:21:00 GMT

More reviews, interviews

More great reviews of Leap Years:"Offers some of the best songs from a young singer/songwriter in a while"Adressa, 5/6"The alt-country inspired pop on this disc is at a very high level"Firdaposten, 5/...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:28:00 GMT

Leap Years in stores. Great reviews!

Hey.Leap Years has been out for two weeks, as of today. For those of you who have heard it, hope you like it! People who have written about it so far, at least seem too. Some have even called it norwe...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:15:00 GMT

Album out on Monday, on myspace now!

So, finally it's due. On Monday Leap Years is in stores, on Itunes and pretty much everywhere else, it seems. But you can listen to the whole thing on myspace already! If you want the physical copy on...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:46:00 GMT

Free EP out, cover art done, Japanese distro

So much going on now, I barely have time to update you on all of it. This Monday, the digital EP Spit Back at the Rain was out. It looks like this: and can be downloaded for free from hereAlso, the c...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:05:00 GMT

Album out March 9th, EP out "soon". Booking tour.

It's actually done. All I'm waiting for is the coverart, but as far as the music goes, it's actually finished. Mixed, mastered, everything. Leap Years will be in stores march 9th here in Norway, and a...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:30:00 GMT

NEWS! ANNOUNCEMENTS! + christmas

You thought I'd never say hello, I've looked like the silent type. Then I opened up a book of news and handed it to you: After a couple of years in the making, my album is finally done. I'll have to s...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:15:00 GMT

Help wanted!

Ok, so this one goes with my evil scheme of shameless self-promotion on my road to eventual world domination: I’ve been nominated for some New Artist of the Month-award at a local radi...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:37:00 GMT

recording, kenneth ishak, plans in general

As my blogging eagerness and perhaps skills have been laying dormant lately, a lot has happened for me, AKA the LHoA. I've been making plans to record an album for a while, and I'm happy to announce t...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:21:00 GMT