Once in a Long, Long While...

Once in a Long, Long While...
Studio album by Low Roar
Released	April 14, 2017
Genre	Post-rock, electronica, dream pop
Length	49:27
Label	Tonequake Records
Producer	Andrew Scheps Mike Lindsay Ryan Karazija
Low Roar chronology
0 (2014) Once in a Long, Long While... (2017) ross. (2019)
Singles from Once in a Long, Long While...
"Waiting (10 Years)" Released: March 23, 2017

Once in a Long, Long While... is the third studio album by Icelandic musical project Low Roar, released on April 14, 2017. ^{[1] [2]} The album's lyrics are inspired by Ryan Karazija's recent divorce and his life as an expatriate in Iceland. ^[3] One reviewer described the album as "flow[ing] between dreamy and floating and more solidly rhythmic tracks," ^[4] and another described it as having an "atmosphere [that] never permits the sun to linger for very long, shutting it out with harsh, icy synth." ^[5] The song “Waiting (10 Years)" was released as a single. ^[6]

The opening track, Don't Be So Serious , was used as the opening song for the 2019 game Death Stranding , with many other tracks being featured on the soundtrack as well.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Don't Be So Serious"	6:13
2.	"Bones"	2:50
3.	"St. Eriksplan"	3:41
4.	"Give Me an Answer"	3:43
5.	"Waiting (10 Years)"	4:05
6.	"Without You"	3:54
7.	"Gosia"	4:13
8.	"Once In a Long, Long While..."	5:17
9.	"Crawl Back"	4:09
10.	"Poznan"	2:03
11.	"Miserably"	3:55
12.	"13"	5:24
Total length:		49:27

B sides

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Sky is Falling"	4:34
2.	"I Won't Be Long"	2:22
Total length:		6:57

Personnel

Low Roar

• Ryan Karazija – all noises (except as noted), producer, recording, mixing
• Mike Lindsay – all noises (except as noted), producer, recording, mixing
• Andrew Scheps – all noises (except as noted), producer, recording, mixing

Additional personnel

• Jófríður Ákadóttir – vocals on "Bones"
• Juan Pablo González – piano on "Bones" and "Miserably", additional recording
• Hannah Peel – trombone on "Waiting (10 Years)" and "St. Eriksplan"
• Laura J. Martin – flute on "St. Eriksplan" and "Gosia"
• Carlos Metta – piano on "Miserably"
• José Villagómez – trombone on "Miserably"
• Anton Patzner – strings on "Miserably"

References

1. "Low Roar's newest, Once in a Long, Long While, was born of challenging times". The Georgia Straight. 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
2. "Twice In A Long, Long While: Iceland's Low Roar embodies the good kind of frigid". Vanyaland. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
3. "Interview: Low Roar's Ryan Karazija reveals 'it's not all about Iceland'". AXS. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
4. Fournier, Emelia (2017-04-06). "Low Roar - Once in a Long, Long While..., 5/5". The Manitoban. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
5. "Twice In A Long, Long While: Iceland's Low Roar embodies the good kind of frigid". Vanyaland. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
6. "Low Roar – "Waiting (10 Years)"". Stereogum. 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2020-02-25.