Loney Dear
Apparently, lightning does in fact strike twice. In exactly the same way that indie chamber folk auteur Jens Lekman was discovered -- his homemade CD-Rs falling into the right hands -- Lekman's Swedish compatriot Emil SvanSngen ended up signed to a respected American indie label when someone in Sub Pop's Seattle offices happened upon the talented singer/songwriter's early homemade discs through the Internet. Hailing from the small city of Jonkoping, Sweden, SvanSngen first began recording homemade, overdubbed tapes of delicate, folkish indie pop (with shades ...[more]
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Loney Dear is the recording name for multi-instrumentalist and Swedish home-recording phenom Emil Svanangen. Dear John is an album of contrasts. It will cozy up to you through the bleakest of winters and be your shade in the blistering summer sun. 'Despair has never sounded so sweet' - Spin.
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Emil Svanängen's music has been described as soulful indie folk with a powerful mini orchestra. Layer upon layer, adding instrumentation and vocals, these songs seem to bloom like time-lapse photography, depicting glimpsed scenes of modern disaffection and timeless yearning. Loney, Noir is at once effervescent and resigned, exhilarating and melancholy, joyous and confessional.
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