A Swedish Love Story EP explained

A Swedish Love Story

Type:

EP

Artist:

Owen Pallett

Cover:

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Released:

September 28th, 2010

Genre:

Baroque pop

Length:

16:53

Label:

Domino

Producer:

Rusty Santos, Owen Pallett

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A Swedish Love Story is an EP released by Canadian musician Owen Pallett. Following Heartland, this is Pallett's second release under their own name rather than their previous stage name, Final Fantasy.

Critical reception

The EP was received favorably, generally scoring slightly below its predecessor, Heartland. Pitchfork scored the release at 7.4 out of 10.^[1]

Personnel

• Produced by Rusty Santos and Owen Pallett
• Mixed by Rusty Santos
• Engineering assistance from Brian Thorn at The Magic Shop
• Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music
• Published by Open Wallett
• Design by Colin Bergh

• Owen Pallett – violin, synths, keyboards, vocals
• Thomas Gill – guitar
• Shahzad Ismaily – drums, electric bass, percussion\
• Rob Moose – violin
• Nadia Sirota – viola
• Clarice Jensen – cello

Artwork

The packaging for the release displays four altered pieces of artwork, credited as follows:

• Scentless Mayweed, 2007, Roger Whitehead
• Carolus Linnaeus in Laponian costume, 1853, Hendrik Hollander
• Linnaea Borealis, 1901, Carl Axel Magnus Lindman
• Untitled, 2009, Agnes Thor

References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cohen . Ian . Owen Pallett: A Swedish Love Story EP | Album Reviews . Pitchfork . 2010-10-07 . 2012-07-11.