The specific method of recording an album should never be used an indicator of an artist’s level of commitment. After all, not everyone can
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I hope that everyone’s memorial day weekend went well. Like every year, it marked the beginning of summer for many people (mainly students like
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One Jens Lekman lyric that remains so humorously memorable to me was a line on “The Cold Swedish Winter” which remarked that many people
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