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- Summary: Emil Svanangen's fifth album under the Loney, Dear name was inspired by chamber orchestras.
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- Record Label: Polyvinyl
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, Swedish Pop/Rock
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MojoDec 22, 2011This is charming. And uplifting. Happy-sad but impossibly soothing. [Nov 2011, p.92]
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Under The RadarNov 3, 2011The album is most striking in what it conveys in simplicity. [Oct 2011, p.101]
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Oct 4, 2011Loney, Dear hasn't changed much, and that's what makes this inimitable album such great company.
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Oct 4, 2011In the end, Hall Music is an enjoyable but paradoxical album, both an expansion and contraction of Svanängen's palette.
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Oct 6, 2011For all the sonic strides Svanangen takes on Hall Music, he sometimes seems stuck singing the same sad song.
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Oct 4, 2011Where Dear John hinted at cinematic grandeur and prayer-like melody, Hall Music is a spacious and somber affair.
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Oct 11, 2011With Hall Music, Svanangen has proven he can compose big arrangements, but he might not write big music.
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