Hailing from the small city of Jonkoping, Sweden, Loney Dear's primary member
Emil Svanängen first began recording homemade, overdubbed tapes of delicate,
folkish indie pop in the early 2000s. As Loney, Dear (the band has since deleted
the comma from its name), Svanängen self-released three homemade CD-Rs through
his website: River Fontana Redux, Citadel Band, and Sologne.
As buzz developed
through MP3 blogs and other new media manifestations, Sub Pop offered Svanängen
a contract in 2006. The first proper Loney Dear album, Loney, Noir, was released
in early 2007. After several years of touring stateside and abroad, Loney Dear released Dear John, its fourth full-length and first on Polyvinyl, in January.
This November, Polyvinyl will release Citadel Band on vinyl for the first time ever.
Praise for Loney Dear:
"Despair has never sounded so
sweet."-- SPIN
"Svanangen's captivating ruminations sound
as if he's trying to capture the purest essence of joy, albeit with a
melancholy underbelly. It's that bittersweet warmth that makes Loney,
Dear's hushed, pastoral folk songs seep into the
heart." -- NPR
"He wraps the ups and downs of a whirlwind
romance into tiny packages. You're left hungry, fully certain that 34
minutes-- let alone five-- will never be enough of this very, very good
thing." -- Pitchfork
"Through soft layers of acoustic
instrumentation and vocal harmonies, Svanangen creates a sustained and lasting
representation of the classic emotions of regret, peace, and
loneliness." -- PopMatters
"Svanängen's bright falsetto holds his
miniature musical tapestries together." -- Austin
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