El Perro del Mar
El Perro del Mar ("The Sea Dog") is the nom de musique of Sarah Assbring, a Swedish pop thrush whose recordings are glorious aural confections that combine Brill Building pop and the influences of Brian Wilson, Burt Bacharach, and Smokey Robinson with lyrics that speak with a sweet, ineffable sadness of the pitfalls of love and life. According to Assbring, the name El Perro del Mar came to her during an ill-fated vacation in Spain; she was alone, depressed, and out of sorts when a stray dog came up to her while she sat on the beach, and the do...[more]
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VINYL FORMAT. El Perro Del Mar's third album Love is Not Pop is a conscious step away from 2008's From The Valley to the Stars. The mindset is darker and the sound-scape mysteriously groovy. Thus it is not by chance Sarah Assbring (aka El Perro Del Mar) chose to work together with Rasmus Hagg, the other half of the Swedish duo Studio, as a co-producer.
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VINYL FORMAT. DOMESTIC VERSION FEATURES THE BONUS TRACK, 'SHAKE IT OFF'! A girl from Sweden called Sarah went to a Spanish island to sit on the beach and muse about her life. She'd been making music as long as she could remember but nothing quite matched the melodies that lived in her dreams. This depressed her. In fact, she hadn't written anything for several years which left her feeling 'really odd, kind of empty'. Picture her, if you will, looking out to sea, to the coast of Africa. Suddenly, out of nowh [ read more ]
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Order and receive a free poster. (while supplies last) VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2008! INCLUDES DOWNLOAD CARD FOR MP3S OF THE ALBUM. El Perro Del Mar is the alter ego of Sarah Assbring. Her second album is an opus, chock full of non-traditional folk songs that explore the world at large. She's joined at times on the record by members of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Gothenburg Symphonic Choir. "A minimal Phil Spector sound. Unique and magical" - The Lond [ read more ]
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