Jens Lekman<\/a> has announced a tour and his first solo album in eight years. Songs for Other People\u2019s Weddings<\/em><\/a>, a companion LP to a book of the same name<\/a> by Lekman and bestselling author David Levithan, arrives September 12 via Secretly Canadian<\/a>, while the novel is due out August 5 via Abrams Books<\/a>. Leading the record is the single \u201cCandy From a Stranger<\/a>,\u201d which comes with a Rena Johnson<\/a>\u2013edited video. Watch below.<\/p>\n Songs for Other People\u2019s Weddings<\/em> draws directly from Lekman\u2019s own pivot toward a side career as a wedding singer. The gigs started accumulating after he wrote the 2004 song \u201cIf You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing at Your Wedding)\u201d and fans reached out requesting to book him for their own nuptials. As if to prove his credentials, \u201cCandy From a Stranger\u201d documents his unlikely foray into marriage ceremonies by collaging clips from weddings at which he\u2019s performed for its music video.<\/p>\n The Swedish singer-songwriter\u2019s new LP follows his 2017 solo full-length, Life Will See You Now<\/em><\/a>, as well as Correspondence<\/em>, his 2019 collaborative album with Annika Norlin. Lekman also reissued<\/a> his 2005 compilation Oh You\u2019re So Silent Jens<\/em><\/a> and 2007 album Night Falls Over Kortedala<\/em><\/a> with new redux versions of select tracks, previously unreleased songs, and cassette diaries from the albums\u2019 era.<\/p>\n Lekman will tour North America this autumn in support of Songs for Other People\u2019s Weddings<\/em>. He\u2019s currently slated to start the tour on November 8 in Minneapolis. From there, he hits up cities like Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, before concluding the run on December 3 in Seattle. Find Lekman\u2019s complete list of tour dates below.<\/p>\n Read about Night Falls Over Kortedala<\/em> at No. 153 in \u201cThe 200 Best Albums of the 2000s<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Jens Lekman: Songs for Other People\u2019s Weddings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Songs for Other People\u2019s Weddings<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n 01 The First Lovesong Jens Lekman:<\/p>\n 11-08 Minneapolis, MN – Amsterdam Bar & Hall
02 A Tuxedo Sewn for Two
03 Candy From a Stranger
04 Two Little Pigs [ft. Matilda Sargren]
05 Speak to Me in Music
06 With You I Can Hear My Own Voice
07 I Want to Want You Again [ft. Matilda Sargren and Peter Oren]
08 GOT-JFK
09 Wedding in Brooklyn
10 For Skye
11 Increasingly Obsolete
12 On a Pier, on the Hudson [ft. Matilda Sargren]
13 Wedding in Leipzig
14 LEJ-GOT
15 You Have One New Message [ft. Matilda Sargren]
16 Just for One Moment
17 The Last Lovesong<\/p>\n
11-09 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
11-10 Toronto, Ontario – The Great Hall
11-12 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
11-13 Northampton, MA – Iron Horse
11-14 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
11-16 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
11-17 Washington, D.C. – Union Stage
11-19 Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall
11-21 Atlanta, GA – The EARL
11-22 Nashville, TN – Exit\/In
11-24 Dallas, TX – Deep Ellum
11-25 Austin, TX – Mohawk
11-28 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
11-29 Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
11-30 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
12-02 Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
12-03 Seattle, WA – Neumos<\/p>\n
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