With the ability to conjure up truly moving tracks packed with emotion and meaningful lyrical content on subject matters close to the hearts and minds of all of us, Lonely, Dear (aka Emil Svanangen) knows when he is truly on to a winner.

Taken from his fourth album, 'I Am John' bounded along like a steam train with an addictive, chugging, drumming hysteria. Multi-nstrumentalist Emil Svanangen showed incredible talent in having developed an ability to mingle influences dear to his heart from 'The Beach Boys' to 'The Bee Gees'.

Svanangen started vocally from the beginning punctuating the air with his fine blend of smooth, straight forward sincerity and approbation. At a slow pace and accompanied by nothing more than the rhapsody of an acoustic guitar and the patter of a snare drum, angelic voices established a setting. As Svanangen told the story of his hazy days spent with John, the pace builded up and wave upon wave of xylophone and brass accompaniments assembled.

By the time the track had built up to the speed of a Japanese bullet train; Svanangen transcended into the spirit of the 4th Bee Gee and sang with perfect pitch and comfort matching the tracks now hypersonic, screaming pace.

'I am John' conjured up images of the kind of lazy, youthful summer days that you would spend with your friends. A time when you didn't have a care in the world and could get away with doing anything and easily got carried away with the moment. Svanangen shared his main point of focus in 'I am John' with the line which he frequently repeated: 'Never gonna let you down', conveying times spent with a friend and the importance of loyalty in friendship.

A truly well mastered track both instrumentally and lyrically, 'I am John' was a beacon of light in the fog and formed part of a glowing curriculum vitae for Emil Svanangen.