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LYSSNA: Jens Lekman – ”WWJD” (mixtape)
Publicerad: 2 september 2014 av Redaktionen @ Festivalrykten
Jens Lekman fortsätter vara Jesus för svensk indie.
What Would Jesus Do? blir What Would Jens Do? när Jens Lekman släpper ett mixtape. Det bor lite Göteborgshumor bland hans utsökta förmåga att skapa pop. Förutom att bjuda på låtar från artister som David Bryne och Jhené Aiko finns det dessutom tre ohörda låtar i WWJD, What’s The Perfume That You Wear och I Remember. Det här blir det första nya materialet sedan hans tredje fullängdare I Know What Love Isn’t och späder på våra förhoppningar om en ny fullängdare inom kort.
”While travelling through midwest America some time ago I stopped at a gasstation and bought a WWJD bracelet for $1.99 and insisted that it stood for ‘What Would Jens Do?’. I would look at it when I felt indecisive, think about what Jens really would do and then do the opposite of that. I thought that would be a good way to find some new paths in life, and to get away from the paths I kept taking that didn’t lead me anywhere good.
“WWJD” is a song about regrets, learning from your mistakes, and bettering yourself. I wrote it last year, recorded it quickly and felt it didn’t fit in with most of the other songs I was writing. Together with “What’s That Perfume That You Wear?” and “I Remember” they weren’t adhering to the rules I had set up for my next album but they were also too good to forget. So I weaved them in exclusively on this mixtape where they are stations on a longer journey, where loops and smaller fragments, ideas for songs and favourite songs by others swoosh by outside the window. Feel free to open that window and feel the breeze in your hair.
Yours truly
Jens Lekman”
00:00 – Jens Lekman – WWJD
03:05 – Bunny Maloney – Baby I’ve Been Missing You
06:18 – David Byrne – Theodora Is Dozing
07:59 – The 11:08 Train Swooshes By
09:52 – Jhené Aiko – Stranger
11:34 – Jennifer Lara – Our Love
13:10 – Georges Delerue – Theme from Camille
15:25 – Jens Lekman – What’s That Perfume That You Wear?
18:47 – Ralph MacDonald – The Path
20:33 – All Your Sorrows Reversed
26:25 – Jens Lekman – I Remember