New to me this week, the latest release from Jens Lekman (on Secretly Canadian)
I saw Jens mentioned on another site and was sold by the Magnetic Fields comparison.
This album is swingin', melodic, orchestral pop from someone who seems to be the Swedish darling of the indie pop world. The Magnetic Fields influence is there (on track 1 you will think you're listening to the same voice), but Jens overall seems much lighter and less intense (and perhaps a little less satisfying) than Stephin Merritt. Still, this is good stuff. He even manages to make a break up song sound goddamn upbeat and happy.
Listen to Friday night at the drive-in bingo.mp3 to get ya smiling on this not so smiley Tuesday.
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