Posted on 06 May 2008 by Kyle Lemmon
Whereas Arcade Fire utilized the pipe organ’s inherent cathartic power on Neon Bible’s ‘Intervention’ and ‘My Body Is A Cage’, Sweden’s Sarah Assbring plays the type of subtle organ you’d expect an elderly lady to twiddle on during a lazy afternoon liturgy. You can almost feel the warm yellow shafts of light gleaming off her Wurlitzer on drowsy melancholic choir mantras like ‘Happiness Won Me Over’ and album opener ‘Jubilee’. For her second album as El Perro del Mar Assbring abandons the saccharine sweet Phil Spector production style she adopted for her buoyant breakthrough self-titled album in 2006. The downcast ice queen flits around quite a bit but ultimately sacrifices the exacting pop sensibility she’s cultivated thus far for a cohesive mood.
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Posted on 28 April 2008 by Rich Hughes
Queen of heartbreak, El Perro Del Mar aka Sarah Assbring has announced she will be joining fellow Swede Lykke Li for a string of UK dates this coming June. Sarah will bring her heart-wrenching, beautiful overtures to the following venues:
2 Jun Night & Day Manchester w/ Lykke Li
3 Jun Hi-Fi Club Leeds w/ Lykke Li
6 Jun Albert Brighton w/ Lykke Li
7 Jun Stealth Nottingham w/ Lykke Li
8 Jun King Tuts Glasgow w/ Lykke Li
10 Jun Jericho Tavern Oxford w/ Lykke Li
11 Jun ICA London w/ Lykke Li
The dates coincide with the release of Sarah’s second full length on Memphis Industries, From The Valley To The Stars on May 19th.
Look out for a review of her latest album soon on TLOBF…
Posted on 24 January 2008 by Rich Thane
The wonderful El Perro del Mar releases her new album From The Valley To The Stars on 27th February via Licking Fingers records. ‘How Did We Forget’ will be the first single and is set to be released two weeks before on the 13th February. The single is available to stream right here. Without doubt one of my favourite female artists around today, I think you’ll agree it is really quite special. Here’s what Miss Assbring has to say about the new release: Continue Reading
Posted on 27 September 2007 by Rich Thane
Photograph by Dani
Swedish songstress extroadinaire Sarah Assbring recently took time out from recording her brand new album (tentatively titled From The Valley To The Stars) to answer our 20 Questions. The usual quick fire responses these interviews normally generate were replaced with perhaps the most incisive answers to date. Ladies and gentlemen we invite you to step inside the mind of El Perro Del Mar… Continue Reading
Posted on 28 August 2007 by Rich Thane
Sarah Assbring (aka El Perro Del Mar) has started her own blog that will document the progress of her new album From The Valley To The Stars (due January ‘08). There isn’t too much info on there at present as the site was only created on Sunday, but what she has posted is the new video for Party. Directed by Emily DeGroot, Miss Assbring gives the following synopsis here:
The filmmaker Emily de Groot made this beautiful yet oddly disturbing film to my song Party. It adds a whole new dimension to the song and almost makes me feel like this is what the song is about rather than the initial meaning. It’s a perfect gem and I hope to have the chance to do something together with Emily in the near future.
Keep your eyes peeled for an El Perro Del Mar 20 Questions coming very soon…
