and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd

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

and most important of all

Kym Amps and Reservé

Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala tote bag and Syd Barrett-era Pink FloydJens 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