Jens Lekman returned to Dallas Sunday night to share his brand of sample-heavy indie pop.The show drew heavily from the track-listing of his latest album Night Falls Over Kortedala.
During the show Jens admitted to the crowd that sometimes he does write some "silly songs" but to him they have a "sort of bittersweet meaning" behind them.
That sentiment is accentuated best on his song "A Postcard to Nina." Where during the show Jens gave more of the back-story with intermittent story telling bits between the verses. The song is about his friend, Nina, that he has who tried to pass Jens off as her boyfriend to her father because she is fearful that her dad would not understand that she could love another woman.
Anther highlight of the show include during the performance of "The Opposite of Hallelujah" Jens and the band dropped all of their instrumentation and brought the the full song that is sampled during the song and they danced to 70s soul group Chairmen of the Board's "Give Me Just a Little More Time."
During his encores Jens played mostly songs solo with help from the audience, who he asked to whistle the horn section of the chorus of "Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo" and sing along to the chorus of "Pocketful of Money."
Setlist:
I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You
Black Cab
It Was a Strange Time in My Life
Your Arms Around Me
New Directions
You Are the Light
Maple Leaves
Sipping on the Sweet Nectar
Shirin
*****
A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill
Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo
*****
Pocketful of Money
Julie
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