Via Gothenburg, Sweden, singer and storyteller Jens Lekman will make his first official tour of Australia in as long as we remember, bringing his gorgeous world of witty pop back to our shores this February.
With an endless palette of strings, samples and keys, Jens and his full band will perform a special Valentine’s Day show at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory, headlining dates at Brisbane’s Zoo, on Melbourne’s Garden Party and at the Perth International Arts Festival.
Across thirteen EPs and three albums, Jens Lekman has made hopeless romantics of us all. Repurposing for his own oeuvre the world’s great lost pop hooks, he has breathed melody into tales of bushfires and break-ups, Kirsten Dunst and avocados, sham marriages and drive-in bingo – his contagious deadpan and rapturous orchestration serving up life at its most heartbreaking, loving and absurd.
His first full-length in over five years, the newly released I Know What Love Isn’t uses string-kissed chamber-pop to tell of love from the flipside. Written and recorded between Melbourne and Gothenburg, it features Australian vocalists Sophia Brous – his duet partner on ‘Erica America’, and Kellie Sutherland of Architecture in Helsinki.
Jens Leckman 2013 Australian Tour Dates
Thursday 14 February 2013 – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney.
The “Jens Lekman I Know What Love Isn’t” Valentine’s Day Show.
Tickets on sale now via Moshtix.
Friday 15 February 2013 – The Garden Party, Southbank, Melbourne.
(Behind Melbourne Recital Centre).
Tickets and more info: www.melbournerecital.com.au
Saturday 16 February 2013 – The Zoo, Brisbane.
Tickets on sale now via Oztix.
Monday 18 February 2013 – The Festival Gardens, Perth International Arts Festival.
Tickets and more info: www.perthfestival.com.au
