Jens Lekman

All the songs he's been playing over the last year or so (this one, New Directions, A Handful of Feathers, Golden Key) have sounded great. Does anyone know anything about when the album's supposed to come out?

Oh, and I've seen him twice, the first show (Portland right after Night Falls Over Kortedala came out, eight-piece band) was one of the best things I have ever seen and the second (last summer, much smaller band, one string player and no horns, would've probably preferred just seeing him solo) was decent given that he was pretty sick. Would totally see him again, I guess this next tour will be his first full-band one in a while.

I'm pleased that he still sounds like Barry Manilow.

was going to go see him in dublin last night but had a family dinner which ran later than expected. keen to hear a new album though.

never been so excited for a gig before as I am for tonight's show.

another new song included as part of the newest episode of Tig Notaro's podcast (I guess their tour together a few years ago culminated in his getting her signed to Secretly Canadian): http://www.earwolf.com/episode/sweet-dreams/

his website says he's "sitting with his mixes" and that he has about 30 songs done, pretty sure it's going to qualify for his description of being all "heartbreak and post-heartbreak songs" if this and every other new song he's played so far is any indicator.

Man, I love "Waiting for Kirsten."

ive been listening 2 a ton of jens this summer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2cGQyk0KEM

lol @ "ill come running w a heart on fire" in ^this^ sounds like its will forte

to me, it sounds like calvin johnson, but only because it is calvin johnson. do like jens, but i haven't heard anything by him in a couple few years.

has a new record out in sept

The last EP was mostly brilliant and I adored "The End Of The World Is Bigger Than Love" so I'm pretty excited for this.

The new album is marvelous, tinkling piano aside.

yeah, this is very nice. no "black cab" so far...

Trying to wait for the physical release to hear this (I like to still do this now and again with some new albums, but I always end up giving in) Have been listening to his older albums to get myself excited. Psychogirl, Your Arms Around Me and Rocky Dennis' Farewell really are just perfect songs.

Streaming on Pitchfork in full!
http://pitchfork.com/news/47663-stream-jens-lekmans-i-know-what-love-isnt-in-full/

Enjoying it so far. God I used to be obsessed with Jens, like there was a two year spell when ALL I'd listen to was him (plus Michael Mayer's Immer).

hell, have a top 10 JL list I wrote as well: http://www.mintmagazine.co.uk/music/all-hail-west-texas-004-jens-jens-jens/

feelin weird about jens these days, half the time i love his songs, half the time his lyrics just make me cringe - i think i prefer it when he's vague and metaphorical, like the cowboy boots song, to when he's telling some long rambling specific story, like the world moves on. the kirsten dunst song on the EP was particularly awful.

I thought all the last EP except the main track were pretty dull. Will check the album mainly because I want to want to see him live (he plays my town in about 3 weeks) as I never have. Still love most of his back cat..

yeah the EP did nothing for me

i like a few on the new one but am having trouble getting excited about it

hm. I liked "Waiting For Kristen" (esp when his voice goes up for the "VIP lines" part).

after a few listens...I don't mind it. It's all pretty low-key really. Nice enough, but there's nothing as disc-friendly as 'Sipping on the Sweet Nectar', or as outright BRILLIANT/10/10/ALL TIME CLASSIC as 'A Postcard to Nina' or whatever. Hmm.

*disco-friendly, even

god, 'sweet nectar' has been my absolute ANTHEM this summer

i like the title track on the new 1 a lot, havent listened to the rest enough

New album is really understated but so beautiful. I'm hearing some Prefab Sprout influences in a few songs which is no bad thing.

Just saw him live for the first time (a fan since 'Maple Leaves' came out. GREAT show, he covered Ten City's 'That's The Way Love Is' rather splendidly. Such a natural performer.

*out)

He's pretty cool. Did he have other people on stage? I'm seeing him in Glasgow next month.

Julia out of The Ladybug Transistor was on bass, I didn't recognise the others but there was also a drummer, keyboardist, violinist on stage. A fine band, they sounded properly great.

I'm not usually this soppy, but he turned up at a fan's wedding and provided the music during the ceremony. I love the way that he still performs shows requested by fans (I saw him live for the first time a couple of years ago because he came all the way to the UK for a charity show after one such email).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB7LE2hJSBk

so rad

aw.

That was so moving. Perfect song choices too. What a guy!

that's awesome. jens seems like a good guy.

That is lovely.

heat http://pitchfork.com/news/56528-jens-lekman-shares-wwjd-mixtape-featuring-unreleased-songs-wwjd-i-remember-and-whats-that-perfume-that-you-wear/

this guy is good

i like the one about thwarted artistic impulses. "i picked up a seashell to illustrate my homelessness / but a crab crawled out making it useless."

That's probably my favourite Jens lyric. Love this guy.

https://www.sounds.nl/detail/3607858/cd/jens_lekman/life_will_see_you_now
http://ew.com/music/2016/12/22/most-anticipated-albums-2017/

news of a new album Life Will See You Now out 17/2 has leaked out it seems

That's great news. He's touring in March too.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/jens-lekmans-new-lp-life-will-see-you-now-out-in-february-listen-to-whats-that-perfume-that-you-wear/

http://www.jenslekman.com/records/smalltalk.htm

'Hotwire The Ferriswheel' is a duet with Tracy Thorn, and 'How We Met, the Long Version' is Postcard #29

it's nice to see him working with samples again

the new album is pretty disappointing overall, it's more energetic than I Know What Love Isn't, but the music & lyrics are both quite meandering. the songs on I Know What Love Isn't were generally stronger despite the very bland arrangements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgSC6Kh0N5s

the first three tracks are the best but probably could have been Kortedala b-sides

I love this album.

Now the sun is out this album makes more sense than in cold, dank February.

One of my favorites of the year.

Yeah, this is a wonderful album. I do prefer his previous two, but there's so much to love here. Looking forward to playing it more now the sun is out as Dan says.

how can i tell him is so devastatingly pretty

i found this album a bit disappointing but i am really looking forward to seeing him in march, the venue has a capacity of 50 so it should be very intimate

I loved it enough for it to place