EL PERRO DEL MAR
Swedish songstress El Perro Del mar, aka Sarah Assbring, is all kinds of
sad-eyed wonderful.
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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
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A. Glory to the World
B. You Hit Me (Its a Crying Shame)
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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
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"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
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
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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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.