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Jens Lekman

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About Me

Sweden's Jens Lekman emerged from relative obscurity to quickly establish himself as the darling of the global indie pop set, winning widespread acclaim from fans and critics for his uncommonly witty and well-crafted pop songs. Born February 6, 1981, in Gothenburg, Sweden, Lekman exhibited little interest in music as a child, but at 14 was recruited to play bass in a friend's cover band. Within weeks he was writing his own original material, quickly accumulating hundreds of songs. Assuming the alias Rocky Dennis (borrowed from the disfigured protagonist of the 1985 American film Mask), Lekman recorded and released a series of limited-edition CD-Rs beginning with 2001's The Budgie-Album. A year later, he compiled a collection of highlights and mailed the sole copy to the U.S. indie label Secretly Canadian, but remained largely unknown until the 2003 EP Maple Leaves became something of a cause célèbre on Internet file-sharing services. The Swedish indie Service Records reissued Maple Leaves later that same year, and after abandoning his pseudonym once and for all with 2004's Rocky Dennis in Heaven EP, Lekman issued his acclaimed full-length debut, When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog, distributed in the U.S. via Secretly Canadian. The LP generated the Swedish Top Ten hit "You Are the Light," and in 2005 Lekman traveled the globe, issuing several tour-only EPs and collecting his previous singles, B-sides, and compilation tracks as Oh You're So Silent Jens. Following this flurry of activity, he announced on his website plans for an extended hiatus from performing, scrapping a planned sophomore LP and reportedly accepting a position at a local bingo parlor; Lekman nevertheless quit after just two days on the job and fully rededicated himself to his musical pursuits.~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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Member Since: 10/20/2007
Band Website: jenslekman.com
Record Label: Secretly Canadian.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Profile!

Finally!I know it's taken a while (I have a life to live and books to study, too!), but it's finally up.I'll be adding a few more aesthetic things over the next coming week or so (banners, graphics, e...
Posted by Jens Lekman on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:13:00 PST

Profile Updates!

I have added two new things to the profile:1) Jens' 2008 European Tour Dates have been added to the page! At this time there are no specific show times or ticket prices, but they will be updated when ...
Posted by Jens Lekman on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:45:00 PST

Just a Notice!

Hello everyone! I would like to point out that this is not Jens Lekman himself. I am a big fan of his and thought it would be nice to have a page dedicated to his wonderful music. Jens has said that h...
Posted by Jens Lekman on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:12:00 PST