A Swedish Love Story EP

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

A Swedish Love Story
EP by Owen Pallett
Released	September 28th, 2010
Genre	Baroque pop
Length	16:53
Label	Domino
Producer	Rusty Santos, Owen Pallett
Owen Pallett chronology
Heartland (2010) A Swedish Love Story (2010) Export [Demo EP] (2010)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork Media	7.4/10 link
PopMatters	8/10 link
Drowned In Sound	8/10 link

The EP was received favorably, generally scoring slightly below its predecessor, Heartland. Pitchfork scored the release at 7.4 out of 10.[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Man with No Ankles"	4:20
2.	"Scandal at the Parkade"	3:18
3.	"Honour the Dead, or Else"	4:51
4.	"Don't Stop"	4:24
Total length:		16:53

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

Carolus Linnaeus in Laponian costume by Hendrik Hollander, 1853

Linnaea Borealis by Lindman, 1901

References

1. Critic Reviews for A Swedish Love Story. Metacritic. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
2. Cohen, Ian (2010-10-07). "Owen Pallett: A Swedish Love Story EP | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2012-07-11.