Tagged: nightfallsoverkortedala

Do a little Treasure Island Music Festival pre-partying with everyone's favorite Swede, Jens Lekman.

A few years back I caught Jens Lekman at the Shepherds Bush Empire. He was touring in support for his album 'Night Falls Over Kortedala' and it was a truly magical experience with the singer-songwriter not only delivering musically but also going out of his way to connect with the audience. Quite some time has passed since [...]

• Jens Lekman - An Argument With Myself

Jens Lekman - And I Remember Every Kiss From Night Falls Over Kortedala ( Service , 2007) Things get more complicated when you're older / before you know it you are somebody's soldier / you get a gun and you name it after a girlfriend

The indie blogosphere just collectively jizzed. Having been around for about 7 years now, I was only introduced to him when his last album "Night Falls Over Kortedala" was released to huge and widespread critical acclaim back in 2007. His music was then featured in TV shows, movies and every blog this side of the moon. It's a pretty standard Jens Lekman affair and sounds like it could be a cut from his last album. If you head over to Secretly Canadian's site there's a letter from Jens himself, and true Jens style. [...]

• Jens Lekman - The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love

Night Falls Over Kortedala sounds effortless. It glides like a kite of angel wings on a soft summer breeze, all twinkling keys, kettle drum rolls, soaring strings and Lekman's glorious croon. It belies the difficult genesis of the record. Three years in the making, the songs were honed live, written and rewritten until they sparkled. Lekman was so disenchanted at one point that he talked of retirement. We should all be thankful that he persevered. I guess Jens Lekman is a singer-songwriter. That tag does him such a disservice, loaded as it is with images [...]