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Jens Lekman
Jens Lekman started writing songs around age 12 in Gothenburg, Sweden. His debut album 'When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog' came out in 2004, followed by...
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Friday Night At The Drive-in Bingo
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Be Good
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Rocky Dennis Farewellsong to the Blind Girl
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A Higher Power
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A Little Lost
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A Postcard to Nina
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A Promise
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A Sweet Summer's Night On Hammer Hill
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An Argument With Myself
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Another Sweet Summers Night On Hammer Hill
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Are Birthdays Happy?
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At The Department Of Forgotten Songs
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Become Like This
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Become Someone Else's
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Black Cab
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Do Impossible Things
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Jens Lekman started writing songs around age 12 in Gothenburg, Sweden. His debut album 'When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog' came out in 2004, followed by 'Night Falls Over Kortedala' in 2007. That second album included 'Your Arms Around Me,' which got him festival slots at places like Coachella and Glastonbury.
His songs like 'Friday Night At The Drive-in Bingo' and 'I Know What Love Isn't' tend to work with spare arrangements and direct lyrics about relationships and everyday moments. In 2009 he had to cancel a tour because of a vocal cord hemorrhage, but came back to performing afterward.
He's kept making music that feels conversational and close, with titles like 'Be Good' and 'Pocketful Of Money' suggesting the kind of small-scale, personal observations he's drawn to. The writing stays plain and the delivery stays unadorned, which has been his approach from those early EPs through the albums that followed.
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