Album Stream: Loney Dear - Hall Music

Hall Music is Emil Svanangen's sixth LP as Loney Dear and finds the Swedish singer-songwriter exploring vast sonic landscapes that make his older strictly acoustic-vocal music seem limited. Hall Music's airy folk pop brings in a wide range of instrumentation and sonic experimentation, all filtered through a production that is never in your face about its sound.   read more

Loney Dear: Hall Music

Emil Svanängen has always been more adept at texture than hooks. Even upbeat songs, like “Airport Surroundings,” from 2009’s Dear John drift into kraut-like hypnosis, the insistence of the rhythm overrunning Svanängen’s hushed croon. This isn’t to discount Svanängen’s work as Loney Dear outright, but rather to acknowledge the crucial difference that makes the frequent comparisons to artists like Jens Lekman ring a bit hollow. This is especially true on Hall Music, Loney Dear’s third properly released full-length (not counting the three albums Svanängen self-released before getting picked up by Sub Pop for Loney Dear’s stateside debut, 2007’s Loney, Noir)....  read more

Loney Dear Announces Tour

Emil Svanangen is bringing back the Loney Dear moniker on Oct. 4 with a new album entitled Hall Music....  read more