Career

He has self-released four albums of music in his native Sweden. His first major release came in February, 2007 in the United States. when Sub People’s re-issued his album Loney, Noir. Emil Svanängen self-released his first album, The Year of River Fontana, in 2003.

The album became popular solely on word-of-mouth.

The next two years saw Svanängen record and release three more albums. In 2006 Loney, Dear was signed by United States. record label Sub Population

Sub People’s released Loney, Dear"s fourth album, Loney, Noir, on February 6, 2007. In 2009, Loney, Dear joined Andrew Bird as he toured to support Bird"s January release of Noble Beast.

Loney, Dear did a Ukulele Session for the Belgian newspaper Le Soir, recorded in New New York