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Night Falls Over Kortedala
Pop · 2007 · 12 tracks

Night Falls Over Kortedala

Jens Lekman

Lush orchestral samples meet a conversational baritone. A collection of witty, hyper-specific stories about romance and awkwardness in the Swedish suburbs.

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It's like if a Swedish librarian decided to make a disco-soul record about his awkward dating life.

A charmingly awkward and deeply romantic exploration of suburban life through a lens of cinematic nostalgia.

Night Falls Over Kortedala · vs · Jens Lekman
Dusk+4.0σ

Dusk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
And I Remember Every Kiss
2:59
02
Sipping on the Sweet Nectar
4:12
03
The Opposite of Hallelujah
4:22
04
A Postcard to Nina
5:01
05
Into Eternity
3:45
06
I’m Leaving You Because I Don’t Love You
3:48
07
If I Could Cry (It Would Feel Like This)
3:24
08
Your Arms Around Me
5:03
09
Shirin
3:57
10
It Was a Strange Time in My Life
5:09
11
Kanske är jag kär i dig
4:44
12
Friday Night at the Drive‐In Bingo
4:16
Moments Worth Waiting For
The triumphant brass swell that opens And I Remember Every Kiss, signaling a grand cinematic scope.
The rhythmic, hand-clapped urgency of The Opposite of Hallelujah contrasting with the heavy lyrical themes.
The way the beat drops into a disco-inflected groove on Sipping on the Sweet Nectar, making suburban life feel like a ballroom.
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