Loney, Dear
LABEL: Polyvinyl  |||  PHOTOGRAPHY: Sara Arnald

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 touring stateside and abroad and new Loney Dear album is complete. The band's new album, Dear John, was released on January 27, 2009 via Polyvinyl Record Co.



PRESS

"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


SHOWS

Sep 30, 2009 - The Casbah, San Diego, CA
Oct 1, 2009 - Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA
Oct 2, 2009 - Slims, San Francisco, CA
Oct 3, 2009 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
Oct 4, 2009 - Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
Oct 6, 2009 - Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, Canada
Oct 9, 2009 - 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
Oct 10, 2009 - Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
Oct 11, 2009 - Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights, OH
Oct 12, 2009 - The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, Canada
Oct 13, 2009 - Il Motore, Montreal, Canada
Oct 14, 2009 - Great Scott, Allston, MA
Oct 15, 2009 - Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
Oct 16, 2009 - Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
Oct 17, 2009 - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA


LINKS

LD's website
LD on myspace