Night Falls Over Kortedala by Jens Lekman (2007)

Instantly memorable melodies, audacious song structures and genuinely hilarious lyrics from a non native English speaker are some of the things that make the second full length from Sweden's Jens Lekman an instant classic.

The album is, of course, singular but so are the songs themselves. One about his first kiss (at 19 years old), being introduced as the fake partner to a closeted lesbian friend, another about a sublime haircut and more about inhalers, avocado-related mishaps and out of office replies. Each song is a mini musical and they come together to form a masterpiece of a musical variety show of sorts, whose broader theme would be best described as hopeless romanticism.

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