Pale Fire is the fifth studio album by El Perro Del Mar released on 13 November 2012 on Memphis Industries, The Control Group and INGRID.
Critical reception The album received positive to mixed reviews. Kevin Leidel of Slant Magazine called it "one of the most beguiling and unique offerings of the Swedish pack" saying Assbring "consistently displays a steady hand with her experimentation". Prefix praised "effortless knack for poetic personification", referring to 'I Was a Boy' a "humbling, devastating, quiet pop ballad". Pitchfork while generally positive, expressed disappointment in light of the 2011 release 'What Do You Expect', stating, "the idea of a dance album from El Perro Del Mar is tantalizing: tears on the floor and a thick, moody fog in the air, as apt for dancing as for watching shadows".
Track listing
"Pale Fire" "Hold Off the Dawn" "Home Is to Feel Like That" "I Carry the Fire" "Love Confusion" "Walk on By" "Love in Vain" "To the Beat of a Dying World" "I Was a Boy" "Dark Night"
Charts Chart (2013)PeakpositionSwedish Albums Chart43
Tour
DateCityCountryVenueNovember 1, 2012Bergen NorwayEkkofestivalNovember 2, 2012Malmö SwedenInkonstNovember 3, 2012Copenhagen DenmarkVegaNovember 10, 2012Bristol United KingdomFear of fictionNovember 11, 2012Manchester United KingdomThe CastleNovember 12, 2012London United KingdomVillage UndergroundNovember 13, 2012London United KingdomInstore Rough Trade EastNovember 14, 2012Amsterdam NetherlandsParadisoNovember 15, 2012Hamburg GermanyUebel & GefärlichNovember 16, 2012Berlin GermanyHBCNovember 22, 2012Gothenburg SwedenNeferitiNovember 27, 2012Paris FrancePoint EphémèreNovember 28, 2012Barcelona SpainMusic HallNovember 29, 2012Zaragoza SpainLa Lata De BombillasNovember 30, 2012Madrid SpainCirculo Des Bellas ArteDecember 1, 2012Stockholm SwedenStrandDecember 7, 2012Oslo NorwayBlåDecember 13, 2012Helsinki FinlandKorjaamo
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