Stereogum Home

 

August 14, 2007

New Jens Lekman - "The Opposite Of Hallelujah"

You've been around Jens's not-so-silent stylings long enough to know how he works: deft wordplay, wry wit, dressing his misery in breezy throwback pop. The excellent Night Falls At Kortedala has plenty more Lekmanic (think we just coined that) novelties to enjoy (case in point: "Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo" and the previously released "The Opposite Of Hallelujah", below), but we're gonna use this space to throw our words behind the hilarious doo-wop ditty "Postcard To Nina" -- if you've seen Jens at all recently, you've heard the Jens-as-lesbian's-beard tune, but now that it's been officially documented on Kortedala, "Nina"'s on our shortlist for track of the year. Jens "would do anything for love" -- even that -- and brings out the 15-year-old girl in us. Sigh.

Jens Lekman - "The Opposite Of Hallelujah" (MP3)

Night Falls Over Kortedala is out in the US 10/9 on Secretly Canadian. Your Night Falls knight...

Posted at 12:36 PM in
Tags:




8 Comments

the song "And I Remember Every Kiss" off of Night Falls Over Kortedala is amazing, breathtaking... should be featured someday

Posted by: asdf at 08/14/07 3:10 PM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

I love the whole album, but "Kanske Ar Jag Kar I Dig" is my current favorite. Jens is the king.

Posted by: Doug at 08/14/07 4:05 PM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

swoooooooooooon!

Posted by: stopokaygo at 08/14/07 6:17 PM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

my oh my, what a hottie in that knight outfit. song is awesome too...

Posted by: myohmy at 08/14/07 6:31 PM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

loving the new album

Posted by: Jimmy at 08/14/07 7:18 PM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

this song is old, it was on one of his singles. is it on the new record too?

Posted by: Justin at 08/15/07 1:05 PM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

He actually has an EP called The Opposite of Hallelujah, with the song in question on it.

Posted by: Devin at 08/16/07 7:21 PM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

No, "A postcard to Nina" is a unreleased song.

Posted by: Jens fan at 08/27/07 3:05 PM  | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

Leave a comment


Staff

  • Founder/Editor-In-Chief: Scott Lapatine
  • Executive Editor: Amrit Singh
  • Senior Writer: Brandon Stosuy

Info

Contact

Get Flash to see our mp3 player. Here are our mp3s: Frightened Rabbit - Living In Colour (BBC6) (»)
Frightened Rabbit - Nothing Like You (BBC6) (»)
Jonathan Boulet - A Community Service Announcement (The Album Leaf Remix) (»)
El Guincho - Antillas (XXXchange remix) (»)
El Guincho - Antillas (»)
Wolf People - October Fires (»)
Fan Death - Cannibal (»)
Fan Death - Reunited (CCENTURIESS Remix) (»)
Chll Pll - Dick Moves (»)
Chll Pll - Pass Out (»)
Beck - Harry Partch (»)
Tim Cohen - Haunted Hymns (»)
Tim Cohen - Take Aim Goliath (»)
Ducktails - Sandglider (»)
tUnE-YaRdS - Hatari (Drunkenmonkey Remix) (»)
tUnE-YaRdS - Hatari (Karn Remix) (»)
Beach House - Norway (»)
The Golden Filter - Thunderbird (»)
Crystal Antlers - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan Cover) (»)
CFCF - How Bizarre (OMC Cover) (»)
The Acorn - Strange Animal (Gowan Cover) (»)
Black Tambourine - Black Car (»)
Boyracer - Sunshine And Violence (»)
Henry's Dress - 1620 (»)
Honeybunch - Mine Your Own Business (»)
Lilys - Claire Hates Me (»)
Lilys - February Fourteenth (»)
Lorelei - Today's Shrug (»)
Sleepyhead - Different Colored Letters (»)
Small Factory - Merry-Go-Round (»)
Swirlies - Sarah Sitting (»)
The Ropers - Waiting (»)
Velocity Girl - My Forgotten Favorite (»)
Monsters Of Folk - Say Please (»)
Rain Machine - Give Blood (»)
Wetdog - Tidy Up Your Bedroom (»)
Beck - Little Hands (Feat. Feist, Wilco And Jamie Lidell) (»)
Brendan Benson - Feel Like Taking You Home (»)
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (Memory Tapes Remix) (»)
Solange - Stillness Is The Move (Dirty Projectors Cover) (»)
Pearl Harbor - California Shakedown (»)
LoneLady - Immaterial (»)
Andrew Cedermark - Hard Livin' (»)
Family Portrait - Super Cool (»)
The Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself (»)
Bear In Heaven - Dust Cloud (»)
Bear In Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers (»)
Atlas Sound - Doctor (Five Discs Cover) (»)
Atlas Sound - The Screens (»)
Cloud Nothings - Hey Cool Kid (»)
The Mary Onettes - Dare (»)
The Mary Onettes - Puzzles (»)

Progress Report logo
Commercial Appeal logo
Premature Evaluation logo
Band to Watch logo
Quit Your Day Job logo
The Outsiders logo
The 'Gum Drop logo