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| 02 June 2009 - More Live Dates (EU) | Check out the Touring section or the Myspace for more info. | ||||||
| DISCOGRAPHY | |||||||
| FROM THE VALLEY TO THE STARS - Album - 19 May 2008 | |||||||
![]() 01. Jubilee 02. Glory To The World (CLICK TO LISTEN) 03. You Can't Steal A Gift 04. How Did We Forget? 05. Inside The Golden Egg 06. To Give Love 07. Inner Island 08. Do Not Despair 09. Somebody's Baby 10. The Sun Is An Old Friend 11. Happiness Won Me Over 12. From The Valley To The Stars 13. You Belong To The Sky Now 14. Into The Sunshine 15. Someday I'll Understand (Love Will Be My Mirror) 16. Your Name Is Neverending Get from Amazon here, Play here, and iTunes here. | |||||||
| GLORY TO THE WORLD - 7" - 28 April 2008 | |||||||
![]() A. Glory to the World B. You Hit Me (Its a Crying Shame) Get from Memphis here. | |||||||
| EL PERRO DEL MAR - Album - 10 April 2006 | ![]() 01. Candy 02. God Knows (You Gotta Give To Get) 03. Party 04. People 05. Dog (CLICK TO LISTEN) 06. I Can't Talk About It 07. Coming Down The Hill 08. This Loneliness 09. It's All Good 10. Here Comes That Feeling Get from: Memphis Shop |
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| PRESS | "El Perro Del Mar's album is unlike anything else around" - Esquire "A masterclass in melancholic pop" - Word 'A bewitching voice and melodies reminiscent of classic 60s pop" - Q "Sublimely hypnotic...a twinkling gem" - Disorder "Intriguing...genuinely uplifting" - **** Uncut "Unique and magical" - **** The Times
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| Upcoming Touring |
02 July - Sundsvalls Gatufest Sundsvall 29 July - Nocturama Festival, Sevilla 31 July - Storsjoyran, Ostersund 06 August - OFF Festival, Myslowice 13 August - Way Out West, Goteborg 14 August - Malmofestivalen, Malmo 04 September - Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham 02 October - The Forum, Melbourne 03 October - Norwood Concert Hall, Adelaide 09 October - The Enmore Theater, Sydney 10 October - The Tivoli, Brisbane |
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| Old Touring |
2008 03 April - Samfundet, Trondheim 04 April - Hulen, Bergen 05 April - Parkteatern, Oslo 06 April - Samfundet, s 07 April - Tavastia, Helsinki 08 April - Vega, Copenhagen 09 April - Konsert & Kongress, Uppsala 10 April - S dra Teatern, Stockholm 11 April - Mejeriet, Lund 12 April - Draken, G teborg 17 April - Les Femmes S'en M lent @ Centre Culturel Su dois, Paris 06 May - Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 07 May - Joe's Pub,New York City, New York 08 May - Bowery Ballroom, New York City, New York 09 May - Middle East, Boston, Massachusetts 10 May - Lambi, Montreal, Quebec 11 May - Mod Club, Toronto, Ontario 12 May - Schubas,Chicago, Illinois 14 May - Red Room, Vancouver, British Columbia 15 May - Triple Door, Seattle, Washington 16 May - Doug Fir, Portland, Oregon 18 May - Bimbo's, San Fransisco, California 19 May - El Rey TheatreLos Angeles, California 31 May - Siesta H ssleholm 02 June - Night & Day w/ Lykke Li Manchester 03 June - Hi-Fi Club w/ Lykke Li Leeds 06 June - Albert w/ Lykke Li Brighton 07 June - Stealth w/ Lykke Li Nottingham 08 June - King Tuts w/ Lykke Li Glasgow 10 June - Jericho Tavern w/ Lykke Li Oxford 11 June - ICA w/ Lykke Li London 25 June - Accelerator Stockholm 04 July - Arvikafestivalen Arvika 2009 01 April - Instore at Pet Sounds, Stockholm, Sweden 01 April - Release party "Love Is Not Pop" at Galleri Kleerup + VVV(Tranan), Stockholm, Sweden 04 April - Stadsteaterns Foaje, Goteborg, Sweden 04 April - Afterparty "Love Is Not Pop" at Hitz(Ritz), Goteborg, Sweden 22 April - Debaser, Malmo, Sweden 23 April - Fasching, Stockholm, Sweden 02 May - Blaa, Oslo, Norway 10 May - P3 Live Session, Goteborg 21 May - Store Vega, Copenhagen 13 June - Where The Action Is, Stockholm |
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| Following on from 2006's critically acclaimed self titled debut album, Gothenburg's El Perro Del Mar
(aka Sarah Assbring) will be releasing a new album, From The Valley to the Stars through Memphis Industries
on the 19th of May 2008. El Perro Del Mar's debut (a compilation of internet EPs initially released through tiny Swedish label Hybris) introduced Sarah's candy-coated melancholy to an ever-growing number of devout followers, finding fans in the likes of TV On The Radio and Jose Gonzales (both of whom she toured with in the UK and Europe), David Bowie and Grizzly Bear and as well a legion of admirers in the media ("Genuinely uplifting pop" Uncut, "Emotional inflections that sound achingly genuine" 8.1 Pitchfork, "Unique and magical" The Times). Two years after the grand, Spector-esque flourishes of the debut, From The Valley To The Stars sees Sarah strip away the layers to reveal a stately simplicity and an album with an underlying theme - a personal reflection on the idea of heaven. Sarah explains, "I wanted to make something as unfashionable as an album in the classic sense of the word - in terms of its composition and the idea of a theme. The theme itself was as something as simple yet complex as heaven and it led me into a wide and seemingly endless search for a means, a language in which to express myself. As Valley To The Stars was an intellectual idea - the music turned up after the language and at that moment it was as though the music didn't belong to me, as if in some way it had existed all along. In the same way that 'folk music' works I wanted to make something timeless, that in its character might appear like a collection of hymns or psalms, but in a pop costume". In her attempt Sarah has created an album with a flow and grace completely at odds to today's track-grabbing download culture. Recorded at home by Sarah with assistance from members of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra the result is an album that like say, Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom or Virginia Astley's From Gardens Where We Feel Secure creates its own universe and provides within its own aesthetic, a wonderment for the world. | |||||||