loney, dear

there's no spelling mistake: it is not lonely but loney dear, a swedish singersongwriter i discovered on the luisterpaal. it was the beautiful artwork of his album cover that brought my attention to his music. last year he signed with sub pop, a label in seattle. the result was a tour through north america. unfortunately, montreal wasn't on the list. imagine my surprise when i noticed his name in the weekly concert guide of a boston news paper on our first morning in boston: loney dear was about to play in a theatre, not far from where we were staying! it was an interesting double bill with low, another sub pop act that i saw earlier in montreal.

loney dear stands for contemporary folk songs with the fragility of a sufjan stevens and the epic melodies of the arcade fire. "i am john" is only one example of how talented the guy is: with only a few melodies he creates a rollercoaster of a track, resulting in a crescending falsetto that would even make the bee gees jealous (download here). the guy made about 5 albums in three years and you'll find some older mp3s here and there, and 2 great songs over here. or you can hear loney dear live too: he will be playing in brussels (botanique) on the 10th of may with support act patrick watson, an upcoming singersongwriter from montreal who sounds like jeff buckley playing philip glass on a piano.