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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 two 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	1,328
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7	Into Eternity	770
8	I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You	765
9	Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo	741
10	Pocketful of Money	703
11	I Saw Her in the Anti War Demonstration full track	654
12	Kanske är jag kär i dig	626
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14	If I Could Cry (It Would Feel Like This)	567
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zeromanner wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Hur blev "Sipping on the sweet nectar" "Sipping on the sweet water" på spotify? Haha

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retroindiano wrote:
Sunday evening

I remember to Leonard Cohen !!! Jenk's voice is so clean !!!

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bexestabueno wrote:
last week

delicous.

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pilchardz wrote:
last week

i would pay 1000 yen to see jens live

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keishua wrote:
16 days ago

jens...how i adore thee!

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miggiesmalls wrote:
17 days ago

watch plz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYFhIh_NtY0

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replay_____ wrote:
21 days ago

i've been through a lot of "musical phases" these years, but he's always with me :) (L) ~

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damnrealb wrote:
last month

what's up with the new years eve show?

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cankerblossom wrote:
last month

Oh please come to Sydney.

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Brin719 wrote:
last month

Dear Jens, Please come to New York very soon. Love, Me

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Neonrobott wrote:
last month

Jens your beloved by all but in canada most of all

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ivyvania wrote:
last month

I love Someone To Share My Life With a lot! too bad, the concert that should be held in Indonesia moments ago is canceled. come back, please, Jens!

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azzad10 wrote:
last month

saw him in a backyard last week with about 60 other people in Sydney's Inner-West ....was amazing!

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ellycopter wrote:
last month

I'm pretty sure there was an element of sarcastic humour in that shout, Biff.

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Biff_Bang_Pow wrote:
last month

"I cried myself to sleep tonight because he is a heterosexual, leaving me no hope to be that someone to spend his life with." Seriously? Come on!

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DontBelieveHype wrote:
last month

my future u-bahn

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esforst wrote:
last month

chicago-new years-JENS.

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pornoholic wrote:
last month

love him ♥

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rodrix007 wrote:
last month

black caaab ♥ oh i remember when he played it in buenos aires. looove

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deborajesus wrote:
last month

he should come back to brazil :) +1

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