Jens Lekman
“All my friends were playing in these bass-guitar-drum bands,” speaks Jens Lekman, casting his mind back over twenty years to his first rudimentary experiments with sampling using his father’s old cassette recorder, and an instinct to create music that would set him far apart from his Swedish pop peers. “I’m going to sound like Scott Walker. But I’m going to do it in my bedroom.”
Works of sweeping, maximalist, orchestral wonder sung in a sumptuous tenor, weaving lifts from obscure fleamarket vinyl records with by turns burningly romantic and mordantly funny true-life tales from the sleepy-shadowy suburbs of Gothenburg – Lekman’s early songs come from a different time, a different place. An era when the internet was young, limitless and disruptive, sample culture was turning music inside out, and anything felt possible.
After initially finding an audience through peer-to-peer file sharing sites, Lekman signed to Secretly Canadian Records in 2003, and went on to release a slew of cherished material, including three cult limited-edition EPs – Maple Leaves, Rocky Dennis and Julie – later collected on the 2005 compilation album Oh You’re So Silent Jens. His DIY fantasias. . . READ MORE
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- Catalog No : SC391
- Release Date : Sep 12, 2025
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Fanpack(Book & Green Opaque Vinyl w/Signed card)
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Fanpack(Book & CD)
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Book
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LP(Opaque Green Vinyl w/ Signed Card)
Songs for Other People's Weddings
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- Catalog No : SC370
- Release Date : Jul 17, 2020
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Society(Edition 2xLP Translucent yellow vinyl)
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2xLP(Black Vinyl)
Correspondence
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- Catalog No : SC160
- Release Date : Oct 09, 2007
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CD
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LP
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LP(Opaque Sky Blue)
Sold outNight Falls Over Kortedala
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- Catalog No : SC225
- Release Date : Sep 04, 2012
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CD
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I Know What Love Isn't
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- Catalog No : SC211
- Release Date : Sep 20, 2011
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Picture(Disc)
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12"
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CDEP
An Argument With Myself
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- Catalog No : SC389-BOOK-01
- Release Date : Jul 05, 2022
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Songbook
Jens Lekman Miniature Art Songbook
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- Catalog No : SC339
- Release Date : Feb 17, 2017
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CD
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LP(Black Vinyl)
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Cassette
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Secretly(Society Ruby Red Vinyl)
Life Will See You Now
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- Catalog No : SC389
- Release Date : Jun 03, 2022
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CD(The Linden Trees Are Still In Bl)
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2xLP(Black Vinyl 2xLP The Linden Tree)
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2xLP(Crystal Clear 2xLP Vinyl)
The Linden Trees Are Still In Blossom
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- Catalog No : SC388
- Release Date : Jun 03, 2022
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CD
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2xLP(Black Vinyl 2xLP)
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2xLP(Baby Pink 2xLP Vinyl)
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T-Shirt(Small)
The Cherry Trees Are Still In Blossom
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- Catalog No : SC107lp-C1
- Release Date : Jun 04, 2021
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LP(Opaque Green)
When I Said I Wanted to be Your Dog
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- Catalog No : SCSPEC21
- Release Date : Feb 19, 2013
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7"
I Know What Love Isn't b/w That's The Way Love Is
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- Catalog No : SC107
- Release Date : Sep 07, 2004
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LP
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CD
When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog
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