Rain Parade

his music is hard to classify

and most important of all

but they are able to channel the best parts of those early bands in a way that reflects the present moment

it inverts pop's writing norm by making songs with sad concerns sound happy and songs with a happy subject sound sad

Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala tote bag Rain ParadeJens Lekman opens Night Falls Over Kortedala with the sure step of an artist in complete command of his creative self. Imbued with epic grandeur, "And I Remember Every Kiss" fades in with a melancholy timpani roll, a stirring string section and Jens crooning with every wistful bone in his body. After the first verse, the strings passionately swell into a wall of sound and with one gravity defying pass through Jens delivers his death blow to cynicism