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DSM-Jens: 5 Social Phobias, as Illustrated in Jens Lekman Songs

December 11, 2012

Secretly Canadian recently released I Know What Love Isn't, Jens Lekman's most self-assured album yet. As someone with a host of social anxieties, I started wondering if he was slowly overcoming his own. Join me as I examine his most nerve-addled songs to find the corresponding phobias — and the turns of phrase that make it all okay.

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