Video: Jens Lekman - "Erica America" (Official Audio)

One of the most charming singer-songwriters on the Secretly Canadian roster, Jens Lekman, has a new album on the way in September titled I Know What Love Isn't . It's looking at a September 4th release date. "Erica America" is an endearing little tune, loaded with delicate strings and lovingly strummed acoustic guitar. The drum beat has an almost sexy swing to it, and the background vocals help enhance the romantic vibe Lekman already brings with his warm, calming voice. It's a tight, detailed song, too. It's got a lotta nice fills, buildups, and segues [...]

wooh new jens lekman. pretty much the quintessential artist to post about given he’s swedish and lived in melbourne for ages (until he eventually got tired of our stupid immigration rules and left). this duet with melbourne’s own sophia brous is so incredibly beautiful you need to listen to it right now.

El sueco Jens Lekman prepara la salida de I know what love isn’t , su esperado nuevo álbum, sucesor del celebrado Night falls over Kortedala , publicado en 2007. Hace unos días el crooner presentó el tema "Erica America", a medias con la cantante Sophie Brous, emotivo track que formará parte de un disco oficialmente a la venta desde el 4 de septiembre a través del sello Secretly Canadian. Escucha "Erica America" a continuación. Articulos relacionados: Escucha una nueva canción de Jens [...]

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The voices that stay with us tend to carry an intangible quality that transmits sensations beyond training, feelings and ideas that you can't be learned. Jens Lekman -though not the most bravura vocalist-imbues every performance with a nostalgic lilt that hints at lost love and gauzy memories of warm afternoons. It's dreamy pop indebted to the timeless style of a singer like Sinatra, suited for the turning of spring to summer. Give a listen to Lekman's new single "Erica America," off of his upcoming album I Know What Love Isn't , [...]

New single ready to be streamed, new LP also on the way.

Jens Lekman is back after 5 years with a new album and by the sounds of the album title it sounds like the Swedish musician has been through the ringer. I Know What Love Isn't is out early September on Secretly Canadian. Hear a track below:

Jens Lekman has announce he's releasing new album I Know What Love Isn’t on September 3rd via Secretly Canadian.

It's felt like a long time coming, but all the heart-broken out there can smile now as Jens Lekman has announced his follow-up to 20072s wonderful Night Falls Over Kortedala . I Know What Love Isn't (which, I think you'll agree, is a prefect title for a Jens Lekman album) will drop on September 3 in the EU via Secretly Canadian (or Service Records if you're in the Scandinavian region), and a US release will follow the day after on the 4th. (That's the artwork above.) But you needn't spend all that time revisiting 20112s An [...]

Jens Lekman has announced his new album 'I Know What Love Isn’t' will be released on September 3rd via Secretly Canadian in the UK. It's his first full-length album in five years. Jens will head off on a full UK/EU tour the week after release in September, calling at three dates in the UK including Hackney Empire on the 20th September. Full details are below. The follow-up to 2007’s 'Night Falls Over Kortedala', the new album chronicles the bittersweet pursuit of love. 'I Know What Love Isn’t' came out of a break up, something Jens didn’t [...]

It's finally here: the Jens Lekman album announcement. I Know What Love Isn't is due Sept. 4 on Secretly Canadian. From the tracklist, it looks like it'll be the melancholy relationship album (a la When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog ) he's been promising, with live favorites "Every Little Hair Knows Your Name" and "I Want a Pair of Cowboy Boots" in the lineup. And "Erica America," a lovely, sample-free song that shows Lekman's fully grown confidence in live instrumentation. Listen above. I Know What Love Isn't [...]

El talentoso noruego Jens Lekman está de regreso. Su primer disco en cinco años de silencio será I Know What Love Isn’t , a editarse el próximo 3 de septiembre a través de Secretly Canadian . El cantante escribió y grabó el disco en la ciudad de Melbourne, Australia, y Erica Gone , la primera canción que podemos escuchar, contó con la participación de la local Sophie Brous . I Know What [...]

Caramel voiced Swede, Jens Lekman is following up his really great 2011 EP, An Argument With Myself , with his first full-length album in nearly five years. I Know What Love Isn't , fronted by crooning "Erica America," will be released on September 4th on Secretly Canadian. Jens Lekman: I Know What Love Isn't: 01 Every Little Hair Knows Your Name 02 Erica America 03 Become Someone Else's 04 Some Dandruff [...]

After five long years, the follow-up to 20072s  Night Falls Over Kortedala is imminent: Jens Lekman's  I Know What Love Isn't LP arrives on September 4th, complete with a few tunes previewed in various forms last year and today's teaser, "Erica America", streaming below. "Every Little Hair Knows Your Name" , "I Want a Pair of Cowboy Boots" , and Lekman's excellent 2010 one-off "The End of the World is Bigger Than Love"  have all made the cut, with "Every Little Hair..." appearing twice as both the leadoff and closing track. That tune is said to [...]

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"Erica America" is the first sample tune from the upcoming Jens Lekman album "I know what love isn't" , just confirmed for release on September 3 in Europe, September 4 in the US via Secretly Canadian / Service .

As you may have heard, Jens Lekman is playing the Northside Festival next week, a big outdoor show that was recently moved to McCarren Park on June 15 with Of Montreal, The Thermals and Beach Fossils. It's his only North American date at this time. Wouldn't you know it, Jens has a new album coming out, I Know What Love Isn't , his first in five years which will be out September 4 on Secretly Canadian. Here's Jon Coombs' forward to the [...]