it inverts pop's writing norm by making songs with sad concerns sound happy and songs with a happy subject sound sad

Rain Parade

This attention to detail and emotive resonance has seen public praise from the likes of Miguel and Lorde

Super-sweet terrorism from our very own latter-day Spector

On his new album

Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala tote bag it inverts pop's writing normJens Lekman opens Night Falls Over Kortedala with the sure step of an artist in complete command of his creative self. Imbued with epic grandeur, "And I Remember Every Kiss" fades in with a melancholy timpani roll, a stirring string section and Jens crooning with every wistful bone in his body. After the first verse, the strings passionately swell into a wall of sound and with one gravity defying pass through Jens delivers his death blow to cynicism