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- Summary: This is the fourth full-length studio release for the Sweden's Sarah Assbring as El Perro Del Mar.
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- Record Label: The Control Group
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Dec 17, 2012One of the most beguiling and unique offerings of the Swedish pack.
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Nov 15, 2012Pale Fire is a pale beauty, and if you're seeking the chill-out Lykke Li (with whom she split a single in 2009) or an equivalent oasis of smouldering calm, Assbring will see you right.
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Nov 15, 2012In Pale Fire El Perro Del Mar distances herself from the confines of her solitary beginnings, opening up an entire world of possibility.
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UncutNov 19, 2012Assbring has succumbed to the same fate as her country-woman Lykke Li, forsaking early charm for a vague sense of attitude that's largely devoid of presence. [Dec 2012, p.69]
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Dec 21, 2012While the rhythms may seem like invitations to dance--or at least sway--the lyrics are almost uniformly bleak, making Pale Fire a late contender for saddest album of the year.
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Dec 3, 2012As she watches love drift into and, more often, out of reach, the songs find themselves dissolving too.
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Nov 15, 2012Dark and light are persistent themes on Pale Fire; yet the color that bleeds through the most is an uninteresting shade of grey.
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