Loved Track #23 - Jens Lekman - A Postcard to Nina
Do I love this song: Yes
This song is a certified classic. None of you all were outside for it though.
Jens Lekman is such a dope lyricist. He’s coming from that Stuart Murdoch/Colin Meloy school of highly literate, storytelling lyrics. He puts ironic, pitiful spins on the stories on this album, which adds to the charm. On this song, he’s posing as a lesbian’s boyfriend, because her conservative father wouldn’t approve of her homosexuality. It was 2007.
The music itself sounds like it’s straight from 60′s soul, and the “ooooh” backing vocals really sell that. I played this song for my mom back in the day and she actually kind of liked it.
This song has the most heartfelt message to it, you really get the feeling that he’d stick his neck out for Nina. The end of this song is super fun, too.
