Loney dear releases an alternate take on ‘A House and a Fire.’

An important song on A Lantern and a Bell, ‘A House and a Fire’ was one of the first collaborations between Svanängen and producer Emanuel Lundgren and their work together on this particular song was instrumental in formulating the overall sound and direction of the album.

This ‘Other Version’ is actually a proto-version of the song that pre-dates the piano-led sound that defines the finished record. It has a lighter, more pop approach, but still retains Svanängen’s own inimitable, off-kilter styling, “It’s a pretty upbeat and happy song,” he stresses.

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In fact, exploring alternate ways to realise the material from the album holds a fascination for Svanängen, “I love playing my songs in different ways on different days. I love highlighting the fact that this is a decent song which can actually be played in all these different ways and it’s still a nice song. I think just releasing alternative versions is probably the way of the future. I mean, I love the tradition of albums and songs, I think it’s fantastic, but I can totally see the fact that it’s not going to be forever.”