Jens Lekman
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Angered, Gothenburg, Sweden (2003 – present)
Lekman recorded and released much of his material privately from 2000 to 2003 on CD-R. Because one of his songs during this time was entitled “Rocky Dennis’ Farewell Song to the Blind Girl”, Lekman was mistakenly referred to as Rocky Dennis for a while (the song was actually written from the perspective of the main character of the 1985 film Mask). Lekman says that it was a “mistake”: “someone thought that was my real name cause I had a song about him, and then radio picked up on it, and I never had a chance to change it”. He put the confusion to rest with his Rocky Dennis in Heaven EP (2004).
His self-released 7” vinyl EP Maple Leaves caused a big stir in 2003, mainly due to sound files circulating on file sharing networks. When the same EP was released on CD by the Swedish independent label Service Records in the autumn, he was already a well-known name. The songs Maple Leaves and Black Cab were heavily played on Swedish national radio. He soon signed a contract with the American label Secretly Canadian for releases outside of Sweden. Heavy touring and his debut album soon followed.
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Night Falls Over Kortedala
162,260 listeners12 tracks
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I Know What Love Isn't
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An Argument With Myself
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Oh You're So Silent Jens
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Just as funny and witty as The Jazz Butcher.
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Charming and cute
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hermaninhoo
Jens, come to Brazil again! <3
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sup kindle?
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glisenshlump
He was amazing live tonight. The crowd went mental everytime he played something from NFOK.
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Wren_Bird
My very first Jens concert, I was about 3 months pregnant. After the show Jens told me "If only I knew, we would have turned the bass up so your baby could feel the vibrations." Ha ha. When I go into labor, Jens Lekman's music will be playing in the delivery room. :)
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youngandgifted
How could anybody break up with Jens Lekman? I Know What Love Isn't is #10 on Ca Va Cool's Best Albums of 2012: http://www.cavacool.com/feature/best-albums-2012-2/
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wavescrashing
A new song called "Olivia & Maddy" uploaded on his website: http://www.jenslekman.com/records/smalltalk.htm
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peburgess
An honourable mention for I Know What Love Isn't on my albums of the year list: http://wp.me/p15szY-Hm. Lovely album.
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Love it! <3
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MA699
would love to hear this guy do a collab with st vincent
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Ambroos
He is AMAZING live. If you haven't seen him live yet, take every chance you have to go see him!
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viniortolano
this guy just know how to get me fucked up in depression
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Oh my God you guys this is so precious
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the new album yooooo
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She said it was all make-believe, but I thought you said maple leaves
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