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Jens Lekman

City of Origin: Gothenburg, Sweden

Period of Activity: Mid-00s to present

Related Artists: None I can think of

Discography:

• Maple Leaves EP (2003)
• Rocky Dennis in Heaven EP (2004)
• When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog (2004)
• Julie EP (2004)
• You Are the Light EP (2004)
• The Opposite of Hallelujah EP (2005)
• Oh You're So Silent Jens (2005, compilation)
• Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
• An Argument With Myself EP (2011)
• I Know What Love Isn't (2012)
• Life Will See You Now (2017)
• Correspondence (2019, collaboration with Annika Norlin)
• The Cherry Trees Are Still in Blossom (2022, re-recording of Oh You're So Silent Jens)
• The Linden Trees Are Still in Blossom (2022, re-recording of Night Falls Over Kortedala)
• Songs for Other People's Weddings (2025)

Social Media: Bandcamp | Instagram | Website

Unfortunately, I mostly only know Jens Lekman for his earlier, sample-based work. In that work, he's got this lush orchestral sound on his best songs, sort of coming off like the Avalanches except more indiepop. Of course, a lot of it didn't have properly cleared samples, so he ended up re-recording it later on in his career. I assume without the samples, he still sounds mostly the same, just without being based on baroque pop loops this time. I've got friends who totally swear that he's one of indiepop's all-time best songwriters, up there with Stuart Murdoch.