Jens Lekman @ Empty Bottle
October 21st, 2005Best opening song ever – Jens covered Scout Niblett’s song “Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death”. He did a much better version than the original, managing to make an upbeat and celebratory number of a song where the chorus is basically “we’re all going to die – we’re aaaaaaaall going to die”. He briefly played solo and unplugged “just for the folks up front” which regrettably was the song I came to hear, and I was sitting in the back. But I was comfortable, and it was getting late, so I decided not to get closer to hear better. That could have been a bad call – but such is life. Either way, it was an enjoyable show, and I’ll definitely be seeing him again.