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An Argument With Myself

Jens Lekman

An Argument With Myself

The swede's thirteenth EP release of folk-pop

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6.9

Label
Secretly Canadian
UK Release date
19/09/2011
US Release date
20/09/2011
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  1. 8.3 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    This is beautiful pop, simple and sonorous
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  2. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    This generation’s Bob Dylan
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  3. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    He takes tacky, brassy sounds in one hand; awkward, earnest emotions in the other; and refines them till it’s obvious that these things were artful and beautiful all along
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  4. 8.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    Nothing short of spectacular
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  5. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    A great mini-dose of Lekman charm
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  6. 8.0 |   BBC

    He knows great stories can be found in even the smallest moment, and that is something worth cherishing
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  7. 7.9 |   Pitchfork

    Against a backdrop of enigmatic universalism, musicians who undertake the ticklish business of pinning down the minutiae of human affairs are very dear
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  8. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    It’s an incredibly twee trip around the world, and while the EP lacks anything as audacious as the widescreen bluster of “I Remember Every Kiss” , there’s still a strain of gutsiness in the personalized “get well soon” card of “A Promise”
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  9. 7.0 |   Paste Magazine

    A pleasantly jumbled affair that shows Lekman’s lyrical facility continues to improve, while his stylistic palette continues to broaden; he has moved well beyond the simple, twee clone-work of his earliest releases
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  10. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It’s gentle, rather unassuming stuff
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  11. 7.0 |   Paste Magazine

    Lekman’s dense construction of words and sounds begs for closer inspection; he’s telling a story and he really wants you to pay attention
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  12. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Not a disaster by any means. But for those familiar with a body of work that's to date shown an impressively high quality control there's cause for concern
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  13. 5.5 |   Prefix

    Even at its most unfulfilling worst, An Argument With Myself serves good background music that doesn't betray Lekman's smooth, jumbled approach to songwriting
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  14. 5.0 |   No Ripcord

    Feels rather stuffy considering its brief running time
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  15. 4.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Tiresome, confusing and highly disappointing
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