{"product_id":"lekman-jens-linden-trees-are-still-in-blossom-clear-2lp-vinyl","title":"Lekman, Jens - Linden Trees Are Still In Blossom (Clear 2LP Vinyl) (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJens Lekman - Linden Trees Are Still In Blossom (Clear 2LP Vinyl)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe reissue of \"Night Falls Over Kortedala\".\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aec-desc-review collapse\"\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e “All my friends were playing in these bass-guitar-drum bands,” speaks Jens Lekman, casting his mind back over twenty years to his first rudimentary experiments with sampling using his father’s old cassette recorder, and an instinct to create music that would set him far apart from his Swedish pop peers. “I’m going to sound like Scott Walker. But I’m going to do it in my bedroom.” \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Works of sweeping, maximalist, orchestral wonder sung in a sumptuous tenor, weaving lifts from obscure fleamarket vinyl records with by turns burningly romantic and mordantly funny true-life tales from the sleepy-shadowy suburbs of Gothenburg – Lekman’s early songs come from a different time, a different place. An era when the internet was young, limitless and disruptive, sample culture was turning music inside out, and anything felt possible.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e After initially finding an audience through peer-to-peer file sharing sites, Lekman signed to Secretly Canadian Records in 2003, and went on to release a slew of cherished material, including three cult limited-edition EPs – Maple Leaves, Rocky Dennis and Julie – later collected on the 2005 compilation album Oh You’re So Silent Jens. His DIY fantasias found their fullest and most celebrated form in 2007 on his second album proper, the exquisite Night Falls Over Kortedala – Lekman’s self-professed “dream record”. It went to number one in Sweden and was later hailed as one of the 200 best albums of the 2000s by Pitchfork, as well as one of the top 100 albums of the 21st century so far by The Guardian. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Now, like Oh You’re So Silent Jens, it no longer exists in its original form. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Oh You’re So Silent Jens enigmatically disappeared in 2011; Night Falls Over Kortedala followed suit in early 2022. Lekman’s impulse for giving old music fresh life and context has led him to remake the records under new names, each delicately positioned in dialogue with the past – the same albums, just different. The Cherry Trees Are Still In Blossom and The Linden Trees Are Still In Blossom are a pair of lovingly and painstakingly assembled reduxes each keeping the same core tracklisting, spirit and source material as the originals, but blending brand new versions of some tracks, in part or in whole, together with many tracks left largely as they were. Both records are fleshed out with rare, previously unreleased, and even previously unfinished old songs, as well as other contemporaneous material such as cassette diaries.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"aec-desc-review collapse\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e1. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eAnd I Remember Every Kiss\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e2. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eSipping On the Sweet Nectar\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e3. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eThe Opposite of Hallelujah\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e4. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eA Postcard to Nina\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e5. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eInto Eternity\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e6. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eI'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e7. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eIf I Could Cry (It Would Feel Like This)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e8. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eYour Arms Around Me\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e9. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eShirin\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e10. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eIt Was a Strange Time in My Life\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e11. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eKanske Ar Jag Kär I Dig\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e12. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eFriday Night at the Drive-in Bingo\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e13. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eYour Beat Kicks Back Like Death\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e14. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eOur Last Swim in the Ocean\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e15. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eA Little Lost\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e16. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eRadio NRJ\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e17. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eThe Linden Trees Are Still in Blossom\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"trackNumber\"\u003e18. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"track\"\u003eWhen I'm Swimming\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jens Lekman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57282932375884,"sku":"VY6642","price":10.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7790\/1132\/files\/jenslekmanclear.jpg?v=1776149615","url":"https:\/\/spinvinyls.shop\/products\/lekman-jens-linden-trees-are-still-in-blossom-clear-2lp-vinyl","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}