Loney Dear returned to KEXP for a gorgeous live studio session in February and, once again, I was rapt in reverie and wonder at the emotional performance. Swedish songwriter and multi-instrumentalist ...

As the night progressed, lyrics and meaning gradually ceded to pure melody and sound. [Anna] Ternheim‘s careful precision led to Loney Dear‘s contrapuntal harmonies, which led to Asobi Seksu‘s waves ...

The product of Swedish multi-instrumentalist Emil Svanangen, Loney, Dear recorded its debut CD (Loney, Noir) mostly in his parents' basement and a tiny Stockholm studio apartment. But in spite of its ...

Who? Loney, Dear is the pseudonym for Swedish songwriter Emil Svanangen, who layers washes of woodwinds, delicate percussion, and other instrumental whatsis until he becomes a one-man orchestra.

A Lantern and A Bell finds Loney Dear paring back their sound, but the record still sparks joy for Andrew Bulhak The album has had a long gestation, with Svanängen and his band playing the songs from ...

Loney, Dear’s second release in the United States, Dear, John, is destined to generate hype in the indie music scene, and rightfully so. Emil Svan?ngen, the name behind the pseudonym, is a newcomer to ...

Loney Dear’s gauzy pop can be entrancing, but it’s also incredibly easy to tune out: Let your mind wander, and the Swedish act’s latest goes full blur. But like M83’s Anthony Gonzalez, ...

Featuring a lone-skateboarder, dressed as part-tramp / part Tom Cruise circa Eyes Wide Shut – Ewan Macleod has directed this strangely moving clip for Loney Dear’s new single ‘Loney Blues’. The stark ...

Loney Dear share tonight’s bill with Asobi Seksu and Anna Ternheim, a beautiful smoky-voiced chanteuse who recently won the Swedish equivalent of a Grammy for Best Newcomer. Asobi Seksu (colloquial ...

Loney Dear, aka Swedish singer-songwriter Emil Svanangen, is to release a new album in Spring 2009 through Regal Recordings. Dear John is being touted as the final piece in a five-album jigsaw and ...

Sad records can be off-putting, and the last thing America needs is another maudlin Swede peddling his own brand of moody acoustic folk rock to the emotionally starved suburban hipster youth. It’s a ...