Morning Rises Over Kortedala: Jens Lekman On Revamping And Re-Releasing 2 Of His Classic Albums

Last month, Jens Lekman held a funeral for his most popular album. When 2007’s Night Falls Over Kortedala was removed from retailers and streaming platforms on March 21, Lekman marched into an open field near his home base of Gothenberg, Sweden and ceremonially buried the record, a key release in his ascent to hopeless-romantic twee indie-pop royalty. It wasn’t the first Lekman classic to be discontinued by his longtime label Secretly Canadian; Oh You’re So Silent Jens, a 2005 compilati...

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