I think Jens Lekman is swell. Coming up soon, April 24, Jens’ American label, Secretly Canadian is releasing their one hundredth release, appropriately called SC100. They aren’t phoning this one either; they’re doing something special for it. The 18 tracks each have one Secretly Canadian artist covering another SC artist. Damien Jurado covering Early Day Miners, Dave Fischoff covering Damien Jurado, Danielson covering Dave Fischoff. (I don’t think it makes a full circle in that pattern, though). I was particularly excited about the Jens Lekman song on it, a cover of the Scout Niblett song “Your Beat Kicks Like Death” which is a depressing song does in an almost jubilant style by Jens. He preforms it live and has been for at least a year and a half. It sticks out in my mind from the last time I saw him in San Francisco, at the Rickshaw Stop.

Jens Lekman - Your Beat Kicks Like Death (Scout Niblett cover) (mp3)

And because you’re all such lovely people…
bonus mp3
Jens Lekman - The Opposite of Hallelujah (mp3)

I could play the chorus of that one on repeat all day.

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