Once in a Long, Long While | ||||
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Released | 2017 | |||
Genre | Post-rock, electronica, dream pop | |||
Length | 49:27 | |||
Label | Tonequake Records | |||
Low Roar chronology | ||||
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Once in a Long, Long While... is the third album by Icelandic band 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]
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
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