Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala

Jens Lekman is a very funny guy. An inspired storyteller with a penchant for lush, baroque pop, he emerged with this superb record as a European, less affected Rufus Wainwright. Here he waxed lyrical about his first kiss, his awkward teenage years and his issues with his sister, wrote a gorgeous paean to his Iraqi hairdresser and told a hilarious story about Nina, his lesbian penfriend who forces Jens to pose as her boyfriend to placate her conservative parents when he goes to visit her. (Shane Murphy)