From the first bars, Raging Lines refuses to settle. The project, conceived by Norwegian musician Sondre Thomassen Thorvik (born 2002), moves through post-punk and indie rock with a steady hand. He’s the lone architect behind it all, handling vocals, guitar, drums, and bass, shaping each track fully on his own.
The latest single, “Let Me Have This Moment”, released last month, follows the first release—“Too Dramatic, Too Paralyzed” (2022)—which drew praise from outlets like Gaffa and editor Egon Holstad when Sondre was just twenty.
His background runs deep into Oslo, Ålesund, and Tromsø, branching out to Manchester in England and Braunschweig in Germany, as if channeling distant echoes into his music.
Now a master’s student at the University of Oslo, he focuses on production and composition. This started young; at fourteen, he chose to study music at Foss High School, laying early groundwork for the craft that drives Raging Lines.
The new track’s narrative stands clear: “The song, Let Me Have This Moment, is about when two people from a previous relationship meet after the breakup. The man wants her back again, but because he let her down he must seize the moment to make amends. And hopefully they will have a fresh start, like the title of the song indicate.”
The single’s cover art comes from a New Year’s Eve photo taken by Natalia Osorio Vega, who is Sondre’s father’s girlfriend. The image shows Sondre and his own girlfriend on a porch facing a frozen lake. Distorted digitally by Sondre, the cover echoes uncertainty—maybe it all snaps back into place, maybe it cracks further.
Alongside this release, a special playlist showcases fourteen tracks gathered by Sondre:
In it, two are Sondre’s own and the other dozen spotlight artists who influenced him, stretching from classic fixtures to more indie corners, even dipping into trip hop’s classic grooves. It’s a mixed set, resonant yet restrained, assembling fragments of sound that shaped him.
