Quick, Before It Melts.

Yesterday it was Pet Politics, on the weekend we had Sally Shapiro in the 4PLAY mix, and throughout the year we've taken a good hard look at the kings and queens of Swedish pop in 2007. How can we let the year come to a close without mentioning Jens Lekman among our very favourite imports of the past twelve months?

Lekman's Night Falls Over Kortedala is a work of genius. He is an innate songwriter, which allows for the multiple mutations and arrangements the songs take on when he plays them live. A cappella, with just a guitar and back CD, or full-on Robert Palmer-style female backing band, the music remains the same.

If you've yet to experience Jens Lekman, give yourself an early Christmas present and search this album out. And while you're out shopping, can you pick me up some eggnog? I'm fresh out.

Jens Lekman "Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo"
~ from the album Night Falls Over Kortedala, 2007 (Secretly Canadian)