Band: Jens Lekman
Album: An Argument with Myself
Best song: “Waiting for Kirsten” and the title track are lovely.
Worst song: “So This Guy At My Office” struggles a bit.

I’ve got a thing for Jens Lekman’s last proper album. It’s the basis for one of the more long-winded pieces of crap writing I’ve ever done. Continue reading →

Band: Jens Lekman
Album: Night Falls Over Kortedala
Best song: “A Postcard to Nina” is gorgeous. “Sipping on the Sweet Nectar” is lovely.
Worst song: “If I Could Cry (It Would Feel Like This)” is my least favorite song on the album and it’s still amazing.

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A quick disclaimer: Part of the joy of writing a blog/self-publishing is that you don’t have to go through anyone else to get your work out there. This review is sort of another opus of mine, a culmination of a lot of what’s going in my head, soundtracked by my favorite Swede. The piece has gone through several edits. It took over a week to write, then I put it down and picked it back up this week. I struggled a lot with the question of asking someone else to look at it before I posted it. So, I didn’t. I’ve simply let it simmer for nearly a year, re-edited it and posted it.
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