El Perro del Mar is a musical project that was founded in December 2003 in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. The sole member of El Perro del Mar, Sarah Assbring, initially started as an MP3

MP3

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/CD-R

CD-R

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 artist and released her first songs through Hybris Records. Her music could be described as melancholic lo-fi indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

.

From 2004 to late 2005, her records had only been released by the Swedish label, Hybris, but in 2006, Sarah experienced a host of newfound success when her self-titled album El Perro del Mar

El Perro del Mar (album)

El Perro del Mar is the second album by El Perro del Mar. It was released in 2006. The first single is "God Knows ," released June 19, 2006.-Track listing:# "Candy" - 3:22# "God Knows " - 3:39...

was picked up by UK-based label, Memphis Industries

Memphis Industries

Memphis Industries is a British independent record label.Memphis Industries was established as a record label in 1998 by the brothers Ollie and Matt Jacob with the first release being Blue States' Forever EP...

, under which Dungen

Dungen

Dungen is a Swedish rock band based in Stockholm. Often classified as progg or psychedelic rock, Dungen is also influenced by Swedish folk music, classic rock, progressive rock, garage rock and alternative rock....

 and The Go! Team

The Go! Team

The Go! Team are a six-piece band from Brighton, England. They combine indie rock and garage rock with a mixture of blaxploitation and Bollywood soundtracks, double dutch chants, old school hip hop and distorted guitars similar to the style of Sonic Youth. Their songs are a mix of live...

 also release. Prior to the self-titled album, Sarah had recorded and released Look! It's El Perro del Mar!

Look! It's El Perro del Mar!

Look! It's El Perro del Mar! is the first album by El Perro del Mar. It was released by Hybris Records in 2005. The album is a compilation of singles and EPs recorded between January 2004 and February 2005...

and the EP You Gotta Give to Get, in Spring

Spring (season)

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 2005 and November 2005 respectively.

In early 2007, El Perro del Mar ended her relationship with Scandinavian label Hybris and began a new relationship with The Concretes

The Concretes

The Concretes are a popular Swedish indie pop band from Stockholm, currently composed of eight members.-History:The Concretes began with Victoria Bergsman, Maria Eriksson, and Lisa Milberg. Since their formation in 1995, they have gradually acquired new members, growing into an eight piece band...

 label Licking Fingers

Licking Fingers

Licking Fingers is a Swedish independent record label run by and affiliated with The Concretes, a Swedish indie-pop band. It was formed in Stockholm sometime between 1997 and 1999. The Concretes and Frida Hyvönen have released music through this imprint....

. Her second full-length album titled From the Valley to the Stars

From the Valley to the Stars

From the Valley to the Stars is the second official studio album by El Perro del Mar. The album was first released in Scandinavia on March 3, 2008, in the US on April 22, 2008 and in the UK on May 19, 2008...

was released in Spring 2008.

Albums

• Look! It's El Perro del Mar!
  Look! It's El Perro del Mar!
  Look! It's El Perro del Mar! is the first album by El Perro del Mar. It was released by Hybris Records in 2005. The album is a compilation of singles and EPs recorded between January 2004 and February 2005...
  
  (2005)
• El Perro del Mar
  El Perro del Mar (album)
  El Perro del Mar is the second album by El Perro del Mar. It was released in 2006. The first single is "God Knows ," released June 19, 2006.-Track listing:# "Candy" - 3:22# "God Knows " - 3:39...
  
  (2006)
• From the Valley to the Stars
  From the Valley to the Stars
  From the Valley to the Stars is the second official studio album by El Perro del Mar. The album was first released in Scandinavia on March 3, 2008, in the US on April 22, 2008 and in the UK on May 19, 2008...
  
  (2008)
• Love Is Not Pop
  Love Is Not Pop
  Love Is Not Pop is an album by El Perro del Mar. It was released in Sweden on April 1, 2009. The first single, "Change of Heart", was released on February 23, 2009.-Track listing:All songs written by Sarah Assbring, except where noted....
  
  (2009)

Singles

• Jens Lekman/El Perro del Mar Split 7" (2004)
• What's New? (November 1, 2004)
• You Gotta Give To Get (November 2005)
• Dog (2006)
• How Did We Forget? (February 13, 2008)
• Auld Lang Syne (December 16, 2008)
• Lykke Li/El Perro del Mar Split 7" (2009)

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