Artist: Jens Lekman

The JENS LEKMAN 's long_one is firm 012 fave of mine and his newest video, BECOME SOMEONE ELSE'S , he treks sand dunes which is exactly wot I like to do a late Monday eve.

Albums Of The Month - September 2012 Alright, I missed August. If I was searching for excuses I'd say, "Well, I was on vacation and ..." But in reality, there just wasn't a ton that I loved from last month. Is that a good enough reason to skip it? Probably not. But it happened and we all have to deal with it. So lets recap September and act like we didn't miss anything. [...]

In the music video for "Become Someone Else's", Jens Lekman takes viewers on a walking tour of the Råbjerg Mile dunes in his home country of Denmark. While the dunes alone prove to be dull and colorless for most (i.e. those of us who grew up near these beauties ), Lekman's evocative croon and the track's somber horns make the ceaseless, unending grey actually seem worth traversing. Start your journey alongside Mr. Lekman when you click play below. Lekman’s latest album, I Know What Love Isn’t [...]

Kirli toplum mühendislerinin, bizim küçük küçük kırılganlıklarımızdan koskoca bir yalan ördüklerini fark ediyoruz. Ruhlarımızı dolandırdıklarını, bizi birbirimize doğru sürdüklerini, aramızda sonradan hiç anlam veremediğimiz düşmanlıklar tutuşturduklarını anlıyoruz. Belki sisler dağılıyor bir parça, uzun yıllar boyunca aradığımız cevaplar tek tek ortaya çıkıyor belki... Ama mutlu ediyor mu bu bizi? Etmiyor, hiç etmiyor! Sadece biliyoruz artık neden bu memleketin nesiller boyunca neden sürekli enkazlar kaldırmak zorunda kaldığını... Yıkılanın ne olduğunu, neden olduğunu bilemeden... Şimdi bu yalan dünyanın incittiği ruhlarımızla bilemiyoruz nereye doğru gideceğimizi, hangi hayali kuracağımızı, hangi ideale inanacağımızı... Kendimizi sevmeye bile korkuyoruz ki başkalarını da sevebilelim. [...]

• Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
• Jens Lekman - A Postcard To Nina

Kirli toplum mühendislerinin, bizim küçük küçük kırılganlıklarımızdan koskoca bir yalan ördüklerini fark ediyoruz. Ruhlarımızı dolandırdıklarını, bizi birbirimize doğru sürdüklerini, aramızda sonradan hiç anlam veremediğimiz düşmanlıklar tutuşturduklarını anlıyoruz. Belki sisler dağılıyor bir parça, uzun yıllar boyunca aradığımız cevaplar tek tek ortaya çıkıyor belki... Ama mutlu ediyor mu bu bizi? Etmiyor, hiç etmiyor! Sadece biliyoruz artık neden bu memleketin nesiller boyunca neden sürekli enkazlar kaldırmak zorunda kaldığını... Yıkılanın ne olduğunu, neden olduğunu bilemeden... Şimdi bu yalan dünyanın incittiği ruhlarımızla bilemiyoruz nereye doğru gideceğimizi, hangi hayali kuracağımızı, hangi ideale inanacağımızı... Kendimizi sevmeye bile korkuyoruz ki başkalarını da sevebilelim. [...]

• Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
• Jens Lekman - A Postcard To Nina

You know those moments of melancholic introspection when you just have to go for a walk along the sand dunes? Jens Lekman sure does. 'Become Someone Else's' is taken from the Swedish singer's latest album I Know What Love Isn't, out now.

Thus far, Jens Lekman has released three music videos for songs from his new album I Know What Love Isn't , and he's worked with director Marcus Söderlund on all three of them. They've all shown Lekman singing his songs in vaguely unlikely occasions, all filmed in gentle and unobstructed long tracking shots. The lush and plainspoken "Become Someone Else's" follows the videos for " Erica America " and the album's title track , and it's the first one where Lekman's band doesn't appear with him. Instead, the entire thing is Lekman wandering slowly through some [...]

Stereogum Thus far, Jens Lekman has released three music videos for songs from his new album I Know What Love Isn't , and he's worked with director Marcus Söderlund on all three of them. They've all shown Lekman singing his songs in vaguely unlikely occasions, all filmed in gentle and unobstructed long tracking shots. The lush and plainspoken "Become Someone Else's" follows the videos for " Erica America " and the album's title track , and it's the first one where Lekman's band doesn't [...]

Shame on us, but we hadn't heard any of Jens Lekman 's music up until a good two weeks ago. Sure, we saw some of our favourite blogs and websites go crazy for him, but y'know, there are always these artists and bands you never end up listening to for some reason even though you should and even though you think you'll probably like them. Well, for one reason or another we went to see Jens Lekman's 500th show in the Hackney Empire and oh boy, we were sold. Since then we've been playing his entire discography on repeat [...]

Sweedish indie pop impresario Jens Lekman is returning to Philadelphia on October 11 for a show at Union Transfer. Touring in support of his recent album I Know What Love Isn't, Lekman released a video today for the song "Become Someone Else's," which was filmed on the Råbjerg Mile dunes in Denmark - the same ... Continue reading �

Become Someone Else's video off the album I Know What Love Isn't released a few weeks back on Secretly Canadian.

Watch 'Become Someone Else's' below. Catch Jens on his North American tour. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself

In what's one of the more widely-loved and acclaimed albums of 2012, Jens Lekman 's latest LP I Know What Love Isn't still quite hasn't reached the levels of success that it rightly deserves, but that doesn't stop him sauntering along with nary a care in the world. Below you can watch his newest video for "Become Someone Else's" , and I Know What Love Isn't is out now. Connect [...]

Jens Lekman puso a la venta hace apenas unos meses un muy solido material despues de haber estado desaparecido durante un rato, pese a que en ningun momento habia dejado de estar involucrado en el mundo musical. "Become Someone Else's" es el mas reciente sencillo que se desprende de "I Know What Love Isn't", cuyo video oficial acaba de ser presentado bajo la direccion de Marcus Söderlund, y ustedes pueden disfrutar esto de Jens Lekman a continuacion. J ens Lekman: Website / Myspace / [...]

The fall concert schedule is in full swing with an incredible line-up of artists coming through the Big Smoke this week.  Here is my futile attempt to whittle it down: Afghan Whigs, The Phoenix, Oct 3 Nothing is going to be quite as triumphant this week than the return of Greg Dulli and the Afghan Whigs to Toronto.  Sure, he's done a ton of stuff since the band split up, but there's a special throat-stripping spark that happens when they are [...]

Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't By Joe Bates Critically lauded and received though it was, Night Falls Over Kortedala , the 2007 second LP by Jens Lekman , is a right slog to get through. Particularly on his excellent EP collection Oh You're So Silent, Jens, he demonstrated real ingenuity, enriching his narrative songs with skilfully-chosen samples and showing real individuality. Kortedala was the sound of overreach. The samples became the focus, attempting to pull up some fairly thin and underwritten [...]

Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't "Hey, Rawles. What's up?" "Whatsupwhatsupwhatsup." "How's it going, boy? You want to go outside? I bet you do. I'll bet you do." "So what do you think? How's your life been?" "Fancy a cuddle-nap? Yeah, that sounds nice to me, too." "Do you ever feel lonely here alone in the house? Or is it worse when I'm here ignoring you? Loneliness and being alone are different things, remember." [...]

• Jens Lekman - I Know What Love Isn't

Photograph by Katie Anderson Jens Lekman has always had a way with words: a wry wit and humble sense of self-depreciation clinging to every note. There is, however, one song or more specifically one turn of phrase that cuts just a little deeper than most, that exists in the core of our shared heartbreak. Anyone familiar with his most recent full length effort I Know What Love Isn't undoubtedly knows that we're talking about 'The World Moves On' and the eloquence of the line “You don't get [...]

Photos by Katie Anderson

By Nick Levine September 20, 2012 This evening’s performance is the Swedish troubadour’s first proper London show for three years. The plush, and notably seated surroundings of the Hackney Empire indicate that Lekman has broken out of the indie pop realm and has become part of the wider singer-songwriter establishment. For the occasion, Lekman is flanked by a four piece band consisting of a bassist, piano player and violinist. All are decked out in matching Persil-white sneakers, with Lekman going for the ultra geeky combo of suit and baseball cap. [...]