{"id":494,"date":"2008-02-06T11:25:16","date_gmt":"2008-02-06T16:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/music\/2008\/02\/06\/jens-lekman\/"},"modified":"2008-02-06T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-06T18:02:00","slug":"jens-lekman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/music\/2008\/02\/06\/jens-lekman\/","title":{"rendered":"~Jens Lekman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DOG<\/p>\n

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\"Silent<\/p>\n

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Jens Lekman’s excellent current CD, Night Falls Over Kortedala<\/em>, although not a failure – his<\/em> words !! – is certainly a little overwrought. His previous two CD’s:
\n1) “When I said I Wanted To Be Your Dog” (2004)<\/em>, and 2) Oh you’re so silent Jens (2005)<\/em> – both contain the key elements of his magic – but with more, air.<\/p>\n

‘Tram #7 to heaven’, the first song on the DOG<\/em> CD is so unhinged and epic – that it is a contender for Best Song of the DECADE.<\/p>\n

The “girl songs” – ‘Silvia’ and ‘Julie’ – are also great testaments to this troubadour’s talents as a lover, and a songsmith.<\/p>\n

On the silent Jens<\/em> CD, the two versions of ‘Maple Leaves’, the sad\/funny ‘Sky Phenomenon’ and the incredible ‘Black Cab’ are obvious gems – while other treats await you in the darker corners of this musical landscape.
\nThere are some speedbumps, but once past them – it’s smooth sailing into ecstasy.
\nMy thanks to Secretly Canadian for living up to what an “Independent Label” is all about.<\/p>\n

CHECK OUT: Simon’s first post on – Night Falls Over Kortedala !! <\/a>
\n(don’t miss the PAUL SIMON\/CHEVY CHASE – ‘You Can Call Me, Al’ – link !!)<\/p>\n

JENS LEKMAN, “When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog”<\/em> – copyright 2004
\nJENS LEKMAN & SECRETLY CANADIAN
\nWritten, performed and recorded by Jens Lekman
\nMastered by Jacob Stalhammar
\nDesign by Rasmus Hagg
\nabove illustrations: 1-2<\/p>\n

JENS LEKMAN, Oh you’re so silent Jens<\/em> – copyright 2005 – JENS LEKMAN & SECRETLY CANADIAN
\nWritten, produced, performed and recorded by Jens Lekman
\nMastering by Jacob Stalhammar
\nArtwork & Design by Rasmus Hagg
\nabove illustrations 3-5<\/p>\n

check out: JENS LEKMAN – official website<\/a><\/p>\n

check out: JENS LEKMAN – myspace<\/a><\/p>\n

check out: SECRETLY CANADIAN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jens Lekman’s excellent current CD, Night Falls Over Kortedala, although not a failure – his words !! – is certainly a little overwrought. His previous two CD’s: 1) “When I said I Wanted To Be Your Dog” (2004), and 2) Oh you’re so silent Jens (2005) – both contain the key elements of his magic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}