Honestly, this will get me through the year. Thank you, Jens!

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jens lekman - postcard #2 9/1/2019 - (original: 9/1/2015)  "You said "Silence is a sad ringtone When people stop calling you'd never felt so alone"

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More info tomorrow!

Banjo by Elin Piel, check out her bands:
<a href="http://open.spotify.com/track/6ZBkeGGQB7rYl8lXfNs6WE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Preacher and The Bear</a>
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/mansionswe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mansion</a>


(English summary at the end)

När jag började spela musik hade jag en dröm som såg ut ungefär så här: jag åker på en landsväg, kanske på en moped, solen håller på att gå ner och på ryggen har jag min gitarr. Jag stannar till på en liten ort där kvällens spelning är i någons vardagsrum eller på den lokala bibblan. Så spelar jag några låtar, pratar med publiken, säljer lite skivor och drar vidare. 
Sen fick jag förklarat för mig hur en turné egentligen funkar. Och inget fel med de vanliga turnéerna, det är ju jättekul att spela på festivaler och klubbar i storstäderna och så. Men det känns så tråkigt varje gång man åker längs E4:an och ser namnen på städer och orter som inte är Stockholm eller Göteborg och tänker på de mail man får därifrån. “Varför kan du inte komma och spela i min lilla stad också?”. 

Så jag tänkte att det är dags styra upp en turné utanför storstäderna. Och jag tror att det enklaste sättet är att vi gör oss av med mellanhänderna. Vi behöver inget spelställe - ditt vardagsrum kan vara min scen. Vi behöver ingen arrangör - du kan vara arrangör. 

Låter det intressant? Så här går det till:

Tid: 8-24 maj
Plats: På din hemort
Lokal: I ditt vardagsrum, i din trädgård, på den lokala bibblan, eller en helt annan lokal. Egna spännande idéer är välkomna! Men tänk på att grannarna också ska tycka att det är en bra idé. 
Du som värd står för: Lokal och om ni har möjlighet även boende och mat. 
Jag står för: Musik, backline och PA. 

Om du vill arrangera en av konserterna på turnén, maila senast den 8 februari till dinstad@jenslekman.com och berätta om din idé. 

Kram
Jens

IN ENGLISH: I’m doing a livingroom tour, this time only in Sweden but hopefully I can do something similar in other parts of the world another time!

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Postcard # 9

Sample from Intense - You Are The One

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Postcard # 10

Samples from the youtube clip "Smooth Jazz John Klemmer Solo Sax & Kalimba "Human" PBS"

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Postcard # 14

Early raw punk energy, w drum freakouts, and a bass with a thumping tone. I mean, we can barely hear the guitar here, but I appreciate the suggestion. 

Could this be the equivalent of the Lomax recordings, but instead of blues, it's punks at some dive making their own version of no-wave?

This reminds me of Foams from Texas, if you know that also obscure record.  Collecting these one-offs from underground bands is its own artform.

12" VINYL LP

Stream LP

Randy and The Randies - "Solar Myth" (1980)

The latest single from Cardiff based indie rock 5 piece The Rotanas, out 22nd January 2021

Spinner

Slow Burner

Courting - Slow Burner

I am the garden
that backs on to your train;
graffiti on a hoarding
sordid reading at close range.
Tights in the gutter.
Another shutter down forever.
I am bouquets at the side of the road.

Look for me in the tailback
as you drive the flyover.
I’m the wall of the underpass
Everyone’s eyes slide off me like egg. At last.

I’m the dark sockets
of a house with no power.
Trip switch lips.

Look for me in the now.

Have I broken into your heart yet?
Have I broken into your heart yet?
I’m talking in tongues again, I know. I know.
But have I?
Broken into your heart yet?

Look for me in the trees
at every roundabout you approach,
in hot black rubber tracks.

I am nettles in the hedgerow
a balloon, a blister pack.
I’m teething again
but this time it’s words, it’s words.

Stand firm Kate:
I make a sweep of my face,
and fake my forehead terror proof.
This is not the time to step out into your headlights.
Look for me in the now.
This is not the time to step out into your headlights.
Look for me in the now.

It’s in the words, the words, the words.
The words, the words, the words.
Look for me in the now.

The Now

a song about climate change

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staring at the sunset
walking in the rain
how did we all get here
costumed in our blame

and the fires burning from the sun
as we shelter from the storm
and the water telling us to run
before it swallows up our love

how are we supposed to stay afloat
the waves are flowing out of control
would you keep it or let go
how are we supposed to stay afloat
the waves are flowing out of control
we're sinking and nobody's made a boat

bathed in clouds of empty rain
blinded by the grey
sun on the horizon
soaking all signs of yesterday

and the fires burning from the sun
as we shelter from the storm
and the water telling us to run
before it swallows up our love

how are we supposed to stay afloat
the waves are flowing out of control
would you keep it or let go
how are we supposed to stay afloat
the waves are flowing out of control
we're sinking and nobody's made a boat

we're sinking and nobody's made a boat
we're sinking and nobody's made a boat
we're sinking and nobody's made a boat
we're sinking and nobody's made a boat

in a world of lies and misinformation
in a world of deceit and no conformation
of joy and hope and all things bright
we're left here together for one big fight

the fight for a lifetime, the fight for a generation
the fight for every person to stand in reclamation
and give back what belongs to her.

she told you to run but you didn't listen
she told you to help, but you didn't care
now that she's gone, you're shifting position
wishing a boat was there.

in reality, which we are in
there's not much time to begin
when you start late, and start last
therefore we must act fast

differences aside, without our hate
we must stand together and work with haste
to make the world a better place
and maybe we won't even need to build a boat...

boats

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