El Perro Del Mar (literally "The Dog of the Sea" in

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) is a musical project that was founded in December 2003 in

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. The sole member of El Perro Del Mar, Sarah Assbring(born 1977/1978), initially started as an

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artist and released her first songs through

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. Her music could originally have been described as melancholic

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, but in recent years she is noted for being a "chameleon" with "every visual, sound, costume, and so on painstakenly thought out" for consecutive albums. From 2004 to late 2005, Assbring's records had only been released by the Swedish label, Hybris, but in 2006, she experienced a host of new-found success when ''

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'' was picked up by UK-based label

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, under which

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and

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also release. The album was also released by US label

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in The U.S. and Canada. The Control Group has remained El Perro Del Mar's American label home. Prior to the self-titled album, Assbring had recorded and released ''

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'' and the EP ''

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'', in

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2005 and November 2005 respectively. In early 2007, El Perro Del Mar ended the relationship with Hybris and started recording for

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's label, Licking Fingers. Her second album, titled ''

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'', was released in Spring 2008. In 2009, El Perro Del Mar collaborated with

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(the other half of Gothenburg-based duo

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) on what became her third album, '' Love Is Not Pop''. The album was well received with the single "Change of Heart" standing out as a unique beat-driven melancholy pop-song. During the recording of her fourth album, ''

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'', Assbring had a child. In 2015, a deluxe edition of El Perro Del Mar's debut album was released, with the package containing eleven bonus tracks including the unreleased demos "In the Woods" and "An Eye for Gold". Her fifth album was released on September 16, 2016, and entitled ''

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''. The album was trailed with the release of the singles "BreadandButter" and "Ding Sum". According to Assbring, "KoKoro" is influenced by her "listening to only Japanese, Chinese, Thai, and Indian pop music for the last three years.' The album was co-written and co-produced with

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Discography

Studio albums

EPs

* ''

'' (2005) *"I Was a Boy" (2013) *"We Are History" (2018) *"Free Land" (2020)

Singles

*"Oh What A Christmas!" (2004) *"I’ve Got Good News" (2004) *"Baby I’ve Been In A Bad Place" (2004) *"

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" (2004) *"

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" (2006) *" How Did We Forget?" (February 13, 2008) *" Auld Lang Syne" (December 16, 2008) *"Glory to the World" (2008) *"

Lykke Li Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson (born 18 March 1986), known as Lykke Li (), is a Swedish singer. Her music often blends elements of indie pop, dream pop and electronic. Her debut studio album, ''Youth Novels'', was released in 2008, and has been fol ...

/El Perro del Mar" (2009) *"Change of Heart" (2009), Licking Fingers *"Walk on By" (2012), Memphis Industries *"Breadandbutter" (2016), Ging Ging Recordings *"Fångad Av En Stormvind" (2016), Spinnup *"IWD4U" (2016) *"Breaking The Girl" (2016) *"Mirrors" (2018) *"Fight For Life" (2018)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Perro Del Mar Musical groups from Gothenburg Swedish indie pop groups English-language singers from Sweden Memphis Industries artists