An Argument with Myself
An Argument with Myself is an extended play by Swedish indie pop musician Jens Lekman, released on 19 September 2011 on Secretly Canadian. Background On 19 March 2011, Lekman premiered "Waiting for Kirsten" at the Read and Shout Library Festival in London. The song makes reference to American actress Kirsten Dunst. The EP was released by Secretly Canadian on 19 September in the United Kingdom and 20 September in the United States. Reception An Argument with Myself received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on 12 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Erik Adams of The A.V. Club praised Lekman's songwriting as "so detailed and so personal". Zachary Houle of PopMatters called Lekman "one of the most dependable and vital songwriters at work today" and stated, "this extended play sees Lekman reaching a transitional state in his songwriting, looking back to past totems used in his work but also looking forward to a new form of expressionism in his songwriting." Jason Ferguson of Paste called the EP "a pleasantly jumbled affair that shows Lekman’s lyrical facility