A House and a Fire (Other Version)

Liner notes

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, “but we thought ‘it doesn’t belong on the album like this’, so Emanuel said ‘let’s not use that song that could be a hit, let’s use this version instead!’ I was so impressed with him being so stubborn about that, but he was right, it was important for the album to find another way to approach it, but we always liked this version and I’m happy to see it released.”