From the Valley to the Stars by El Perro Del Mar (CD, Apr-2008, The Control Group)

Album Features
UPC:	650384023821
Artist:	El Perro Del Mar
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2008
Record Label:	The Control Group
Genre:	Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Jubilee
2. Glory to the World
3. You Can't Steal a Gift
4. How Did We Forget?
5. Inside the Golden Egg
6. To Give Love
7. Inner Island
8. Do Not Despair
9. Somebody's Baby
10. Sun Is an Old Friend, The
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

Details
Producer:	El Perro Del Mar
Distributor:	Alternative Dis. Alliance
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Personnel: Björn Synneby (vocals, sitar); Jesper Jarold (electric guitar); Björn Bohlin (oboe); Kristin Lidell (trumpet); Lisa Ford (French horn); Charles Deramus (double bass); Nils Törnqvist (drums).Recording information: Studio Grandqvick, Gothenburg, Sweden.Unknown Contributor Role: Philip Granqvist.On her 2008 sophomore outing, FROM THE VALLEY TO THE STARS, Swedish indie-pop performer El Perro Del Mar (aka Sarah Assbring) presents another set of wispy folk-leaning tunes. Assbring's songs are often centered around her breathy vocals and little else, resulting in a spare, strangely soothing album that is exemplified by the delicate, hymn-like "Glory to the World" and the pastoral "Inner Island." Like fellow Swede Victoria Bergsman (Taken By Trees, formerly of the Concretes), Assbring conjures up a twee chamber-pop atmosphere, but it never becomes overly precious, allowing FROM THE VALLEY TO THE STARS to work its low-key magic.

Editorial Reviews
More fertile dreaminess from Sweden's Sarah Assbring, with added austerity and lyrical percolation....Her vocals are evermore longing...
Clash

[With] an organ-heavy liturgical sound that brings out new shades of emotion in her singing and songwriting.
Paste

4 stars out of 5 -- Sarah Assbring conjures a sad-slow world of music-box hymns, set to piano, organ and horns...
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