Jens Lekman has again seen the light and plans 3 week nationwide tour of the United States. As if he didn’t break enough hearts during his last tour of the US last March, he plans on visiting ports far and wide from Vermont to California to help in the healing process. With the new Secretly Canadian singles collection Oh, You’re So Silent Jens in hand and a full orchestra in tow, Jens will be ready to show everyone how much Sweden loves the U.S.
About Oh, You’re So Silent Jens
Preceding his successful debut full length, When I Said I Wanted To
Be Your Dog, Jens Lekman released into the world three little gems.
Gems that didn’t reach as far as the LP… but damn, were those
perfect nuggets.
First came Maple Leaves (a concise pop masterpiece with such poignant
hits such as “Black Cab” and “Maple Leaves”), then came the Rocky
Dennis EP (a more personal and bittersweet affair in which Jens
celebrates and eventually retires his erroneous alter ego, Rocky
Dennis, mistakenly given to him after a Swedish DJ happened upon an
early demo of this recording), and You Are the Light (the perfect
harmony between the previous two eps including the wondrous title
track of horns, love and misdemeanors).
We’ve filled up the space and present to you this collection of all
three out-of-print eps as well as some hard to find out-takes from
the harder to find Dept. Of Forgotten Songs.
Release date for Oh, You’re So Silent Jens : October 11.
http://www.secretlycanadian.com/secretlycanadian/press/jenslekman/jenslekmanpress.htm
Jens’ homepage:
http://www.jenslekman.tk/
Jens’ Secretly Canadian site:
http://www.secretlycanadian.com/artist.php?name=lekman
Tour Dates
10-13 – Bennington, VT – Downcaf
10-14 – Hanover, NH – Dartmouth
10-15 – New York City, NY – Mercury Lounge
10-16 – Boston, MA – Pa’s
10-19 – Cleveland, OH – Case University
10-20 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
10-21 – Bloomington, IN – Second Story
10-22 – Richmond, IN – The Earlham College Comtock Room
10-24 – New Orleans, LA – Twiropa
10-25 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
10-28 – Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland
10-29 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
