Jens Lekman @ some house in Carnegie 18-09-09
So this was one of the coolest things I’ve seen all year. Also shout out to this guy for the invite. Sorry I didn’t take photos by the way because they probably would have been awesome but I haven’t had a camera in a long time.
As many Melbournites know, Jens Lekman has been hanging around in Melbourne for a while now but as far as I know, hasn’t really done any shows outside of a DJ set here and there. Luckily for some people he made his way down to the Melbourne suburb of Carnegie (yeah really, I didn’t know anything happened out there) on Friday night to play a set in some guy’s backyard. It was pretty special.
Mattresses were laid on the grass and a make shift PA was set up in someone’s very cold garden while fairy lights twinkled above us. Jens played most of his set unplugged on a charmingly kind of out-of-tune classical guitar, instead of being stuck behind his laptop and microphone. He said he wanted to be able to “hear the trains” in the background. He played a set of old and new songs with one particular new song being a stand out, called something along the lines of “An Argument With Myself on Elizabeth”. A witty and cute take on the good and bad parts of living in Melbourne delivered with bonus humorous actions.
The crowd helped Mr Lekman out with a version of “Kanske Är Jag Kär I Dig” providing a rousing chorus of sweet sweet melodies for him to harmonise with. Again they helped out when Jens stepped off the porch into the garden, forming a circle around him and singing along with a heartfelt version of ‘Heart on Fire”. A perfect end to a really special night and I hope Jens finds the time to do some more shows like this around Melbourne. Thank you Mr Lekman.
NO JENS COME TO SYDNEY PLEASE!!
And Nick, stop reminding me and making me want to cry. Dammit Sydney.
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wow. so freaking jealous.
hopefully he’ll do more of this kind of shows and i get the chance to join him!