Loney Dear Preps New Album, Loses Comma

After a brief stint at Sub Pop, Sweden’s Loney Dear is jumping ship and heading to Polyvinyl. The Illinois label has announced it will handle the Swede’s next album Dear John, which follows the Exclaim!-approved Loney, Noir and Sologne, as well as multiple CD-R releases.

The project’s Emil Svanängen is expected to launch a U.S. tour early next year in support of the new album, which drops January 27, and if we’re lucky he’ll head up north for a few Canadian dates as well. In the meantime, Svanängen is sticking to Europe and has only announced a pair of shows in New York.

And yes, according to Pitchfork, Loney Dear has indeed lost the comma. However, those guys have been wrong about these kinds of things before. For now, though, we’re taking their word for it.

Here is the tracklisting to Dear John, followed by Loney Dear’s upcoming tour dates.

Dear John:

1. "Airport Surroundings”
2. "Everything Turns to You”
3. "I Was Only Going Out”
4. "Harsh Words”
5. "Under a Silent Sea”
6. "I Got Lost”
7. "Summers”
8. "Distant”
9. "Harm”
10. "Violent”
11. "Dear John”

Loney Dear tour dates:

11/11 Münster, Germany - Gleis 22
11/12 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
11/13 Dudelange, Luxembourg - Centre Culturel Opderschmelz
11/14 Zurich, Switzerland - El Lokal
11/15 Tübingen, Germany - Zoo
11/16 Wiesbaden, Germany - Schlachthof
11/18 Erlangen, Germany - E-Werk
11/19 Dresden, Germany - Beatpol
11/20 Leipzig, Germany - Moritzbastei
11/21 Bremen, Germany - Lagerhaus
11/22 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
11/23 Berlin, Germany - Maschinenhaus
11/24 Halle, Germany - Objekt 5
12/8 London, England - Old Blue Last
12/10 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
12/12 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall