"Words fail," notes Emil Svanängen part-way through Hall Music. It probably isn't intentional, but that sliver of lyric sums up the thinking behind his sixth album as Loney, Dear. Love is too complicated, too ecstatic, too painful, to articulate without drifting into cliche ("Last night I dreamed about you again"), sentimentality ("I want your name next to mine"), or petulance ("I wanted someone seeing how sad I was"). So Svanängen communicates that monstrous complexity by swamping his lyrics with layer upon layer of harmonious yet clashing sounds. Largo is a dirge of church organ and morose piano enlivened by a blurting tuba, while My Heart is a rush of church bells, choral chanting and flickering guitar, chivvied along by a curiously buoyant bassline. It's as though each song represents the push and pull of a mismatched relationship – and, brilliantly, the final word goes to the woman, with Malin Stahlberg singing What Have I Become? in a voice crushed by defeat yet bright with defiance.