| El Perro Del Mar / El Perro Del Mar |
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| Album: | El Perro Del Mar | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | El Perro Del Mar | Added: | 05/2015 | |
| Label: | Hybris Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-05-15 | Pull Date: | 2015-07-17 |
| Week Ending: | 12 Jul | 28 Jun | 21 Jun | 14 Jun | 7 Jun | 31 May | 24 May |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 06, 2015: | Shytown Dog | 4. | Jun 18, 2015: | The Peninsula Report Party | |
| 2. | Jun 26, 2015: | Time Traveler God Knows (You Gotta Give To Get) | 5. | Jun 12, 2015: | Time Traveler God Knows (You Gotta Give To Get) | |
| 3. | Jun 25, 2015: | Mountain Music Party | 6. | Jun 08, 2015: | Shytown Here Comes That Feeling |
| Album Review |
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| Pixel Reviewed 2015-05-15 | ||
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Sugary fem indie sadness. El Perro Del Mar is the name that Swedish-born Sarah Assbring has been performing under for the past decade. This is a deluxe re-release of her debut album. All songs are medium-slow to mid-tempo, and generally involve lush string arrangements, bells, and Belle-and-Sebastian vibes… soaked in emotional fragility and breathiness. Her lyrics and song structures on this album are repetitive and therefore grating after a while, but if you’re in the mood for a very sweet brand of sad indie pop, look no further. Personally I enjoy the less-twee demos and radio versions at the end of the deluxe edition more than the originals. Think it suits her mood a bit more. No FCCs detected. Try 3, 5, 11, 16-20. RIYL Imogen Heap, Belle and Sebastian 1. Candy (3:23) dreamy, wistful, gentle strum. twee/saccharine sets the tone 2. God Knows (You Gotta Give to Get) (3:41) light and Belle and Sebastian-y. kind of same formula as #1, repetitive, but nice piano & horns 3. *Party (3:13) darker start, strumming with purpose, singing full of yearning. eerie backing vox. lovely overall 4. People (3:20) sad, dreamy, lament-y, but with sha-la-las. “I can’t understand people, I guess that’s all right/’cause they can’t understand me.” ends on this church bell fade-out. 5. *Dog (3:04) bittersweet, catchy. one of the stronger ones I think. 6. I Can’t Talk About It (2:54) outwardly upbeat and bubbly, vox start to sound stronger, but… no… she becomes strained and returns to gloomtown 7. Coming Down The Hill (2:35) layers of high, uplifting horns, chimey, sweet 8. This Loneliness (4:40) depressant. acoustic with lush strings, bells. samey. sad sad sad 9. It’s All Good (3:04) sleigh bells. actually happy! upbeat, “la la la”s, B&S 10. Here Comes That Feeling (3:22) organ keys, horns, old-timey girl-group vibe 11. *Shake It Off (3:35) harmony reminds me of #5. somewhat more subdued, not overly sweet. 12. Sad (2:44) fade-in, sweet depressant, see #8. but this one’s more interesting musically. 13. Hello Goodbye (4:26) a verb-less love story repeating “a boy, a boy,” and “a girl, a girl” with so much cutesiness it actually hurts 14. Say (3:08) horns! uptempo!! backing chorus!! jazzy and moving girl group 15. Do The Dog (3:02) very beachy, laid back, enjoy the honest lyrics 16. *In The Woods (Unreleased demo) (4:27) piano tune, soft and hopeful. really like this one. 17. *An Eye For Gold (Unreleased demo) (4:12) piano and quiet strumming, starts out more playful than 16, then becomes all strumming and melancholy 18. Candy (Radio session) (4:36) stripped down version of #1.male backing instead of female. better than the original. 19. Party (Radio session) (3:56) see #18. 20. This Loneliness (Radio session) (6:07) see #18 21. Dog (Acoustic version) (3:35) see #18 | ||
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