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Jens Martin Lekman (born February 6, 1981 in Angered, Sweden) is a Swedish pop musician residing in Melbourne, Australia. He has released three albums and several EPs since 2003. His music can be described as guitar-based pop with heavy use of samples and strings; the lyrics are often witty, romantic, and lachrymose. His work is often compared to that of Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields, Jonathan Richman, and Morrissey.

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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1	The Opposite of Hallelujah	1,137
2	A Postcard to Nina	919
3	Black Cab	894
4	Your Arms Around Me	800
5	Sipping on the Sweet Nectar	757
6	And I Remember Every Kiss	751
7	Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo	672
8	I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You	664
9	Pocketful of Money	631
10	Into Eternity	611
11	I Saw Her in the Anti War Demonstration full track	535
11	Kanske är jag kär i dig	535
13	Shirin	515
14	If I Could Cry (It Would Feel Like This)	482
15	It Was a Strange Time in My Life	458

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Kaytleah22 wrote:
2 hours ago

love Jens Lekman,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.

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mardomi wrote:
yesterday evening

Into Eternity (L)³

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nickt656 wrote:
Tuesday evening

jens>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sufjan

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DanielChico wrote:
Monday afternoon

Jens (L)

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sweetlikehoney wrote:
Sunday afternoon

i prefer Jens to Sufjan, oh so much more.

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vampirexbeats wrote:
Sunday morning

crazy bird man.

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rainbowrobot wrote:
Sunday morning

jens lekman and sufjan stevens should have a love child it will be called Jens Stevens

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didoydoydi wrote:
Thursday morning

oh your so silent, jens is what keeps me going =)

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Evv_kill wrote:
last week

He has such a beautiful voice. ♥

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imarealist wrote:
last week

why did you leave sweden? plz come back.

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risumaru wrote:
12 days ago

sweet

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withoutaspark wrote:
16 days ago

Please have a listen. Young, raw, potential? http://www.last.fm/music/Amorr

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hoedoro wrote:
16 days ago

Reminds me of the good ol' love boat theme.

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Jharod wrote:
17 days ago

Yea, Heteromosexuale, that's my favorite song as well :)

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Heteromosexuale wrote:
17 days ago

Two years later, and I'm still obsessed; "A Sweet Summer's Night On Hammer Hill" <33333333.

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Parkettgolv wrote:
18 days ago

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lmfoley wrote:
24 days ago

love love love

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RyanAlexanderB wrote:
25 days ago

Jens Lekman is the effing shit.

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paper_swan wrote:
25 days ago

i love jens the beginning of "if i could cry(it would feel like this) reminds me of 70's department store pop.

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vitomirr wrote:
27 days ago

i met him on smith street in melbourne, australia. we had a chat. he was awesome. i was drunk :-D

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