Pitchfork: Jens Lekman Tour Commences Tonight

Jens Lekman knows how to work those heartstrings. He called you "a part in a heavenly silver rain." He would cut off his right arm to be someone's lover. When he got busted, he even used his one phone call to dedicate a song to you on the radio. Man, what a swell guy.

If you aren't sufficiently twitterpated yet, Jens is bringing the serenade right to your window. The coy, romantic Swede is embarking on a 13-date U.S. tour in support of the EP/rarities collection Oh You're So Silent, Jens, primed for November 22 release via Secretly Canadian. The trek starts tonight in cosmopolitan Bennington, Vermont. Jens will be joined for all U.S. dates by Kill Rock Stars' Nedelle, who, like Jens, is cute as a hand-sewn button. And how!

Love it:

10-13 Bennington, VT - Downcaf *
10-14 Hanover, NH - Dartmouth *
10-15 New York City, NY - Mercury Lounge *#
10-16 New Haven, CT - Bar Nightclub *
10-17 Boston, MA - PA's Lounge *
10-19 Cleveland, OH - Case University *
10-20 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
10-21 Bloomington, IN - Second Story *
10-22 Richmond, IN - Earlham College Comtock Room *
10-24 Houston, TX - Walter's *
10-25 Austin, TX - Emo's *
10-28 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland *
10-29 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop *
11-05 Toronto, Ontario - Music Gallery at St. George the Martyr Church
11-19 Athens, Greece - Small Music Theatre

* with Nedelle
# with Gary Olson, the Honeydrips