Jens Lekman's new album, Songs for Other People's Weddings, arrives September 12th on the Secretly Canadian label. It's his first LP in almost a decade, following 2017's Life Will See You Now. The project is conceptual in nature, being based around David Levithan's book of the same name, which the two collaborated on.

To coincide with the novel being released today, Lekman has shared the second advance single (following "Candy from a Stranger") from the album, the 10-minute "Wedding in Leipzig".

An animated lyric video accompanies the music, which "plays out like a melodic chapter in a novel," according to a press release. Watch and listen:

If the 10:33 runtime raises your eyebrow, Lekman explains that the song "never wanted to end, it just kept writing itself." In fact, the track "was 20 minutes long at one point before [he] started cutting it down." Lekman names the Lou Reed classic "Street Hassle" as inspiration for "Wedding in Leipzig".

Lekman will head on a North American tour in the autumn to support Songs for Other People's Weddings. Before that, however, Lekman has joined a book tour with David Levithan across the U.S. You can find the dates for the book tour below.

Jens Lekman tour dates:

11/08 Minneapolis, MN @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall
11/09 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
11/10 Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall
11/12 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
11/13 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall
11/14 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
11/16 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
11/17 Washington, DC @ 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 Art Co
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

Jens Lekman & David Levithan tour dates:

08/05 Hoboken, NJ @ Little City Books
08/06 Cambridge, MA @ Harvard Book Store
08/07 Washington DC @ Politics & Prose
08/08 Cary, NC @ Barnes & Noble
08/09 Asheville, NC @ Malaprops At Daytrip
09/12 Seattle, WA @ University Book Store
09/15 San Francisco, CA @ Litquake
09/16 Chicago, IL @ Anderson's
09/17 Madison, WI @ Wisconsin Book Festival

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