Life will see you now

"There's a lot in Life Will See You Now to suggest that it's Lekman's finest album to date. It's certainly his most refined and emotionally rich. But, more than anything, it reveals Lekman as a maturing songwriter and human being who's able to roll with the life's uncertainty and continue to make beautiful art about it".

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"This fourth album by Gothenburg's master of the indie story song song finds him reinvigorated after 2012's heartbroken I Know What Love Isn't, kicked up the arse by drum machines. It's also infused with fresh lyrical vim by the Ghostwriting project, in which he worked from fan-submitted stories, and Postcards, in which he released a song each week for a year".

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"... it's Lekman's playfully indulgent musical evolution that differentiates Life Will See You Now from his previous efforts. "Evening Prayer" saunters in on a lit-up floor with an almost disco-like intro of doo-doo-doo's that return post-choruses. Later, Steel drums feature prominently on "What's That Perfume You Wear?" And throughout, Lekman employs synth beats, calypso rhythms and gospel singers to actualize his creative vision. The result is engaging, if not terribly lasting".

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"The problem is that, thanks to the extra layer of studio gloss and the detached nature of the lyrics, Life comes across like the result of a songwriting exercise more than it does a true expression of emotions, like a career move instead of an honest progression and the first Jens Lekman record it's OK to skip".

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" I årevis var Jens Lekman ramt af en eksistentiel skrivekrise. Han tvang sig ud af den med ugentlige postkortsange og opdagede, at i hans lysende melodier findes modgiften til sortsyn og hjertesorg".

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"Jens Lekman er en enestående sangskriver. Vittig, romantisk, en fantastisk historiefortæller med en veludviklet sans for sigende detaljer, overraskende symbolik, punchlines og situationskomik ... Igen [og igen] finder Lekman en alternativ og rørende vej til at synge om nogle af livets helt store spørgsmål på en både underholdende, rørende og særdeles afvæbnende måde. Den evne er på fuld display på »Life Will See You Now«, der især på pladen første 2/3-dele løftes af nogle glædestrålende, energiske arrangementer. Det er let-på-tå-60'er-pop, flødeskums-disko og sydamerikanske rytmer, der tripper elegant på kanten mellem opulent skønhed og retro-kitsch. Her synes jeg, at han er allerbedst, hvorimod balladerne til sidst på pladen bliver lige vel fodslæbende og sentimentale".

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