Loney, Dear

Loney, Dear
Loney, Dear

Loney, Dear at the Eurockéennes 2007
Background information
Origin Jönköping, Sweden
Genres Indie, Pop
Years active 2003–present
Labels Dear John (Sweden)
Sub Pop (U.S.)
Polyvinyl Record Co.
Website loneydear.com
Members
Emil Svanängen

Loney, Dear is the pseudonym of Swedish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emil Svanängen. He has self-released four albums of music in his native Sweden. His first major release came in February, 2007 in the U.S. when Sub Pop re-issued his album Loney, Noir.

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History

Emil Svanängen self-released his first album, The Year of River Fontana, in 2003. Recorded in the basement of his parents' home in Jönköping with a minidisk microphone and a home computer, released on home-made CD-Rs, and sold only through his website and at live performances. The album became popular solely on word-of-mouth. The next two years saw Svanängen record and release three more albums.

In 2006 Loney, Dear was signed by U.S. record label Sub Pop. Sub Pop released Loney, Dear's fourth album, Loney, Noir, on February 6, 2007.

In 2009, Loney, Dear joined Andrew Bird as he toured to support Bird's January release of Noble Beast. Loney, Dear did a Ukulele Session for the Belgian newspaper Le Soir, recorded in New York.

  • Emil Svanängen

  • Malin Ståhlberg

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Discography

Albums

  • The Year of River Fontana (2003, self-released)
  • Citadel Band (2004, self-released)
  • Loney, Noir (2005, self-released)
  • Sologne (2006, self-released, Something in Construction (SICNOTE 025))
  • Loney, Noir (re-issue) (2007, Sub Pop)
  • Dear John (2009, Polyvinyl Record Co.)
  • Hall Music (2011)

External links

Loney, Dear appeared on the song "This Boy" from I'm From Barcelona's 2006 album Let Me Introduce My Friends.


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