Jens Lekman: Night Falls Over Kortedala Review
Jens Lekman is an world/indie pop artist hailing from Sweden. His album “Night Falls Over Kortedala” has received some pretty good reviews so I decided just to check it out.
Jen Lekman’s music stylistically is stepping outside of the box of what I would say I like. I am a usually a fan of indie pop but Lekman gives off a different vibe on NFOK. He has a nice/great voice and lyrically this album is solid. I just think the style of the music may turn off some people and it explain the bad reviews from Now Magazine and CokeMachineGlow.
Given the time I think you can really learn to like NFOK. I really dig a lot of the songs on the album, my favorite being Shirin a song about a good barber who cuts his hair in her apartment. Otherwise the whole album is pretty solid throughout with each song being likable.
I have to say this album isn’t perfect though. As good as the album seems to be, I am not sure one I can repeatedly listen to over and over nor will think of to play on my computer over and over. It’s likely to do with the style and for whatever reason I probably don’t feel “cool” recommending Jen Lekman.
Anyway this album is good all-around if not great at times. I’ll give it a 4.3 out of 5.
Here are my favorite tracks on the album:
Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo by Jens Lekman
The Opposite of Hallelujah by Jens Lekman
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