Sweden’s Jens Lekman has always had a penchant for sweet, upbeat pop and surprising, humorous lyrical turns. The title track from his forthcoming album, which will see release on September 4th via Secretly Canadian. The video for the song is a simple, well-shot arrangement, showing the band dressed in dark clothing performing against a white background. The song utilizes orchestral instrumentation and samples of a laughing while Lekman delivers the sweetest sounding diatribe you’ve ever heard about hating seeing couples at shows. Watch and listen above.
Video: Jens Lekman – “I Know What Love Isn’t”
Posted by Bryan Parker on August 10, 2012 in VIDEOS · 0 Comments
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Bryan Parker is a writer and photographer living and working in Austin, TX. He is the founder of blog Pop Press International and print journal True Sincerity and recently released his first book, a volume on Beat Happening in the 33 1/3 series.