Jens Lekman

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

the first three tracks are great but then the rest was just ok, which is only disappointing by his very high standards

“Evening Prayer” is a beautiful song, conceptually and musically.

Best album of 2017.

My list of a dozen good 'uns..

Good #1 pick, that's an all time great song for me.

great strings

Great choices. Your Arms Around Me is the only real omission. Easily my favourite Jens moment.

Great list. The only ones that I would rate higher than most of these are Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill, which nicks the Martha Reeves Heatwave progression to great effect, and the recent How Can I Tell Him, a gorgeous ballad I listed at #5 in my 2017 singles list

Anyone been keeping up with the CORRESPONDENCE tracks he's been quietly releasing? Forever Young, Forever Beautiful is really nice.

Also, I saw him earlier in the year and he covered Do You Believe In Magic? to open his set, and it was wonderful.

I’d missed the Correspondence tracks so will go and seek them out, thanks!

Really loving "Revenge of the Nerds" from CORRESPONDENCE.

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

this song is so touching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxJb9qeAmL4

a new version of julie