Once in a Long, Long While...
{{Infobox album
| name = Once in a Long, Long While...
| type = Studio Album
| artist = Low Roar
| cover = Ross_longlongwhile.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 14, 2017
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| genre = {{nowrap|Post-rock,}} {{nowrap|electronica,}} {{nowrap|dream pop}}
| length = 49:27
| label = Tonequake Records
| producer =
| prev_title = 0
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = ross.
| next_year = 2019
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Once in a Long, Long While...
| type = studio
| single1 = Waiting (10 Years)
| single1date = 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/music/894081/low-roars-newest-once-long-long-while-was-born-challenging-times|title=Low Roar's newest, Once in a Long, Long While, was born of challenging times|date=2017-04-12|website=The Georgia Straight|language=en|access-date=2020-02-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://vanyaland.com/2017/05/15/twice-in-a-long-long-while-icelands-low-roar-embodies-the-good-kind-of-frigid/|title=Twice In A Long, Long While: Iceland's Low Roar embodies the good kind of frigid|date=2017-05-15|website=Vanyaland|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-25}} The album's lyrics are inspired by Ryan Karazija's recent divorce and his life as an expatriate in Iceland.{{Cite news|url=https://www.axs.com/interview-low-roar-s-ryan-karazija-reveals-it-s-not-all-about-iceland-118042|title=Interview: Low Roar's Ryan Karazija reveals 'it's not all about Iceland'|work=AXS|access-date=2020-02-25|language=en-US}} One reviewer described the album as "flow[ing] between dreamy and floating and more solidly rhythmic tracks,"{{Cite web|url=http://www.themanitoban.com/2017/04/low-roar-long-long-55/31422/|title=Low Roar - Once in a Long, Long While..., 5/5|last=Fournier|first=Emelia|date=2017-04-06|website=The Manitoban|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-02-25}} 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."{{Cite web|url=https://vanyaland.com/2017/05/15/twice-in-a-long-long-while-icelands-low-roar-embodies-the-good-kind-of-frigid/|title=Twice In A Long, Long While: Iceland's Low Roar embodies the good kind of frigid|date=2017-05-15|website=Vanyaland|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-25}} The song “Waiting (10 Years)" was released as a single.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1931220/low-roar-waiting-10-years/premiere/|title=Low Roar – "Waiting (10 Years)"|date=2017-03-23|website=Stereogum|access-date=2020-02-25}}
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
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| title1 = Don't Be So Serious
| length1 = 6:13
| title2 = Bones
| length2 = 2:50
| title3 = St. Eriksplan
| length3 = 3:41
| title4 = Give Me an Answer
| length4 = 3:43
| title5 = Waiting (10 Years)
| length5 = 4:05
| title6 = Without You
| length6 = 3:54
| title7 = Gosia
| length7 = 4:13
| title8 = Once In a Long, Long While...
| length8 = 5:17
| title9 = Crawl Back
| length9 = 4:09
| title10 = Poznan
| length10 = 2:03
| title11 = Miserably
| length11 = 3:55
| title12 = 13
| length12 = 5:24
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| total_length = 49:27
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{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = The Sky is Falling
| length1 = 4:34
| title2 = I Won't Be Long
| length2 = 2:22
| headline = B sides
| 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
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{{Low Roar}}
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