IMG_6580 (by hannahnananah)
62240011 (by jcb shvlk)
Grattis På Fodelsedagen Jens!!
:)
A Christmas Skype conversation between me age 17 and me age 30
30 - Hello, hello, can you hear me ?
17 - Yes, but there’s an echo.
30 - Uuuuh I hate Skype.
17 - Don’t worry, it’s not too bad.
30 - This is why long distance relationships don’t work. Because you’re turned into a stuttering fourth grader.
17 - I don’t know much about long distance relationships.
30 - You say something funny and then you have to wait those humiliating two seconds before you get a response.
17 - Aha.
30 - You will know all about it in a few years.
17 - Ok.
30 - Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and merry christmas.
17 - Merry christmas.
30 - It’s nice to see you.
17 - You too.
30 - Love your hair.
17 - Really ?
30 - Yes.
17 - So what’s up?
30 - I’m just finishing the songs for my new album. Next month I will be doing the final recordings and then it should be done.
17 - How exciting, what’s it about?
30 - You know, it’s about that time after you’ve come out of a relationship and you come to terms with what has happened and how you deal with it.
17 - Aha.
30 - One day you’re ok and the next you’re not and you long for that time when you will feel whole again. You’re looking for closure and then you realize that there is no such thing. You don’t get over a broken heart, you just learn to carry it as gracefully as you can.
17 - It sounds boring and middle aged.
30 - It probably is but hey, I’m not seventeen anymore.
17 - So it’s an album for the brokenhearted?
30 - Yes, but also for the heartbreaker. It doesn’t take sides. It’s for the ones who wish they were somewhere else, with someone else. And for the ones who wake up choking under the sheets of a relationships.
17 - Yes.
30 - I was worried for a while, that the songs were too self centered, that only I would be able to understand them. As if I was singing my diary, or having a dialogue with myself.
17 - You mean a monologue?
30 - I mean like what we’re doing right now.
17 - Uhm yes.
30 - But I feel now, after having lived with these songs for a while and playing some of them live, they seem to be doing their job.
17 - Yes.
30 - Well, I’m not gonna keep you long. Just wanted to wish you a merry christmas.
17 - It was nice to hear from you.
30 - Oh, one more thing. About all those times when I told you you were worthless and wouldn’t amount to anything. I was wrong, I’m sorry about that.
17 - I know. It’s ok.
30 - No it’s not ok. Look, I’m still doing it. Bossing you around. Talking to you like you don’t know anything.
17 - Yeah but…
30 - No, I’m a total dick and you should say something. Speak up for yourself, to yourself.
17 - Jerk.
30 - That’s more like it. (via Smalltalk)
Jens_Lekman (by newfallfestival)
1. I Don’t Know What To Do With This Information (NEW DEBUT)
2. Waiting For Kirsten
3. I Want A Pair Of Cowboy Boots
Thanks for the submission solaceinthestars
Fan art. :)Shirin by:Alxbngala
“When Shirin cuts my hair
it’s like a love affair..”
Jens Lekman: Tiny Desk Concert
If you’re suffering from a broken heart, Jens Lekman is here to remind you that there are more important things to worry about. Like, say, the end of the world.
With his cozy baritone, Lekman dispenses this advice in “The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love,” one of many treats doled out during his visit to the NPR Music offices. The Swedish singer has a knack for extracting enormous ideas from the mundane details of life, and populates his music with relatable yet poignant truths: “You know that thing when you have the same dream for 720 nights in a row, and you wake up one morning and you think, ‘Okay, I get it’?” With that in mind, he kicks off this performance with the unreleased “I Want a Pair of Cowboy Boots,” with lovely vocal harmonies from drummer Addison Rogers.
Lekman the performer is a singer-songwriter, sure, but he’s also like a storyteller, actor and comedian. His onstage banter falls somewhere between the effortless delivery of a seasoned comic and the nervous rambling of an indie-rock frontman. In an office setting, he looks like just about anyone’s coworker, swapping funny stories during a lull in the workday.
In an especially charming moment, Lekman recounted his hilarious attempts to meet actress Kirsten Dunst when she visited his hometown of Gothenburg. Throughout his tale, Lekman showcased his ability to deadpan without irony and be romantic but not mawkish; there’s always sincerity in his sharp, insightful lyrics. “Waiting for Kirsten,” a standout from his excellent An Argument With Myself EP, contains a twist of a lesson, but you’ll have to hear it for yourself to find out what it is.
Doug, Jens & Alena (Vancouver 2009)
I realize that this isn’t that great of a photo, but it’s one of my favorites. This was taken with Jens Lekman after his concert in Vancouver in 2009. My friend Alena and I are musicians and arranged our own tour to line up with his, so that we’d have an excuse to be in Vancouver to see Jens. We drove over the rocky mountains basically just to see this concert, which was probably one of the most important musical moments I’ve ever had.
Thanks Ultimate Sunset!
Check out his music on bandcamp if you like tinges of Jens, ukulele and cool pop music » Doug Hoyer
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znmlue answered your question: Anybody here who has seen any of his shows lately?…
yes! went to his show in march and i stayed after to chat. He was so sweet and gave me a key wich i didnt have enough monery for
That’s so sweet of him! Lucky are the ones who stay to chat. Never been able to afford that key myself even if it’s now available at the shop -I think? (unless it’s sold out again).
this!
