{"product_id":"jens-lekman-the-cherry-trees-are-still-in-blossom-cd","title":"Jens Lekman - The Cherry Trees Are Still In Blossom Music CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"\"\u003eAfter initially finding an audience through peer-to-peer file sharing sites, Lekman signed to Secretly Canadian Records in 2003, and went on to release a slew of cherished material, including three cult limited-edition EPs – \u003cem\u003eMaple Leaves\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Rocky Dennis\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eJulie\u003c\/em\u003e – later collected on the 2005 compilation album \u003cem\u003eOh You’re So Silent Jens\u003c\/em\u003e. His DIY fantasias found their fullest and most celebrated form in 2007 on his second album proper, the exquisite Night Falls Over Kortedala – Lekman’s self-professed “dream record”. It went to number one in Sweden and was later hailed as one of the 200 best albums of the 2000s by Pitchfork, as well as one of the top 100 albums of the 21st century so far by The Guardian.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, like \u003cem\u003eOh You’re So Silent Jens\u003c\/em\u003e, it no longer exists in its original form. \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eOh You’re So Silent Jens\u003c\/em\u003e enigmatically disappeared in 2011; \u003cem\u003eNight Falls Over Kortedala\u003c\/em\u003e followed suit in early 2022. Lekman’s impulse for giving old music fresh life and context has led him to remake the records under new names, each delicately positioned in dialogue with the past – the same albums, just different. \u003cem\u003eThe Cherry Trees Are Still In Blossom\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Linden Trees Are Still In Blossom\u003c\/em\u003e are a pair of lovingly and painstakingly assembled reduxes each keeping the same core tracklisting, spirit and source material as the originals, but blending brand new versions of some tracks, in part or in whole, together with many tracks left largely as they were. Both records are fleshed out with rare, previously unreleased, and even previously unfinished old songs, as well as other contemporaneous material such as cassette diaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eThe Cherry Trees\u003c\/em\u003e, two of Lekman’s best-loved early breakout singles are completely reimagined – ‘Maple Leaves’ as a tender ballad burnished with warm strings; tragi-comic illegal taxi ride to oblivion ‘Black Cab’ in two different versions, a handsome full band pop song and a gentle acoustic lullaby. \u003cem\u003eThe Linden Trees\u003c\/em\u003e repackages all the true-life tales, magic, and mystery of \u003cem\u003eNight Falls\u003c\/em\u003e for a new age, yet in wholly familiar form, from the joyous ‘The Opposite of Hallelujah’ to hilariously uplifting missive ‘A Postcard to Nina’ and open-hearted love-song ‘Your Arms Around Me’. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaken together, the new albums form a sort of belated farewell to Lekman’s formative days as a bedroom Scott Walker, panning for sample gold in stacks of vintage vinyl. Albeit not a farewell to the original albums themselves, which will live on in fans’ record collections, and perhaps illicit corners of the internet. Spread to the wind. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNovember 27, 2002\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt The Dept. Of Forgotten Songs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaple Leaves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSky Phenomenon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePocketful Of Money\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Cab\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomeone To Share My Life With\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecember 19, 2002\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRocky Dennis' Farewell Song To The Blind Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRocky Dennis In Heaven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJens Lekman's Farewell Song To Rocky Dennis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJulie (RMX) LP2: April 23, 2003\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Saw Her In The Anti-War Demonstration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Man Walks Into A Bar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnother Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF-Word\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wrong Hands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJune 1, 2003\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEureka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cherry Trees Are Still In Blossom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Cab (Acoustic)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 656605038834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Secretly Canadian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.3.22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42112133693515,"sku":"143519","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7223\/1499\/files\/4081991-2815864.jpg?v=1770185069","url":"https:\/\/rockbandmerch.com\/products\/jens-lekman-the-cherry-trees-are-still-in-blossom-cd","provider":"Rock Band Merch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}