{"title":"Sandro Perri","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElectronic and rock musician from Toronto, Canada. Sandro Perri is best known for his work as Polmo Polpo, which debuted in 1999. He also played lap steel for Great Lake Swimmers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSandro Perri's unique blend of electronic and rock music has captivated audiences worldwide. With his debut as Polmo Polpo in 1999, he quickly gained recognition for his innovative soundscapes and mesmerizing melodies. As a lap steel player for Great Lake Swimmers, Perri showcased his versatility and musical prowess.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by artists such as Eric Chenaux, Steve Gunn, and Arthur Russell, Sandro Perri pushes the boundaries of genre conventions. His music resonates with fans who appreciate the experimental yet accessible nature of his compositions. Whether you're a fan of Cass McCombs' storytelling or Cate Le Bon's artistry, Sandro Perri's music offers a captivating journey through sonic landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sandro-perri-plays-polmo-polpo","title":"Sandro Perri Plays Polmo Polpo","description":"\u003cp\u003eback in stock! sandro perri, aka polmo polpo, has been performing under his own name, in toronto and the surrounding region, for the past couple of years. these performances have ranged from solo voice and acoustic guitar, to duo shows with eric chenaux, and more recently with 4-6 piece bands. perri has been recording the results, in various locations and with various configurations of players, since 2004. in 2005, he self-released a first batch of songs on cd-r, featuring re-interpretations of material from his polmo polpo album 'like hearts swelling'. constellation fell in love with it, and a fifth track has been added for this release. these are lovely tunes that extrapolate beautifully from their origins in perri's more diffuse, multi-layered, pulsing electronic compositions. but they also serve to remind that perri has always played guitar; polmo polpo merely swaddled it in a throne of drones and submarine beats. perri still takes the clustered, layered approach to propel the opening track, 'romeo heart (slight return)', using an additional nine players (from toronto's out-music and improv community) to generate a rippling fabric through which the original melody now weaves. the four songs that follow are each distinct in approach, but strip back to perri solo or with one or two other players. in every case, perri's voice carries an infectious, quietly ecstatic tune. a must for polmo polpo fans and a sweet collection of songs in its own right, sandro perri plays polmo polpo is another window on toronto's improv and avant songwriter culture, alongside the eric chenaux album released concurrently.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Label","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50490868302155,"sku":"275754","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/7fdbed4f-bcd5-4ded-87cc-a465f40a1d6d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727677517"},{"product_id":"in-another-life","title":"In Another Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first solo album from Sandro Perri since 2011’s acclaimed \u003ci\u003eImpossible Spaces. \u003c\/i\u003eFeatures Dan Bejar (Destroyer) and André Ethier (The Deadly Snakes) as guest lead vocalists on the three-part opus \u003ci\u003eEverybody’s Paris\u003c\/i\u003e. The new album is what Perri describes as “an experiment in ‘infinite’ songwriting.” The title track is a 24-minute pop mantra for sequenced synth, piano, guitar and voice, progressing sideways rather than forward. A relaxed three-chord vamp runs the length of the album’s Side One, peppered with Sandro’s languid, lilting vocal and adorned with continually developing musical details –massaging the listener with the joys of repetition while defying stasis and monotony. Like the longer-form work of fellow-travellers Bill Callahan, Destroyer or Arthur Russell, Perri extends the notion of the meditative minimalist pop song to its literal maximum, flouting ‘commercial’ concerns in our streamingly short-attention-span era –and perhaps implicitly calling for a politics of slow consumption? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLP - 180 Gram Vinyl includes 12”x24” Art Print Poster and Download.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Constellation","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50497969029451,"sku":"1045313","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50497969979723,"sku":"1045314","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0867e9ea-cd52-494a-b9a3-3199ea8aff72_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727735744"},{"product_id":"soft-landing","title":"Soft Landing","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt took seven years for Sandro Perri to return with an album under his own name, releasing In \u003ci\u003eAnother Life\u003c\/i\u003e in the fall of 2018, as the much-anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed full-length \u003ci\u003eImpossible Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e. But the Perri floodgates have now well and truly opened: the flow of sparkling, eddying music he's been meticulously doling out of late (including two recent volumes of collaborative avant-electronic work with his Off World project) charts another vital, rejuvenating tributary with \u003ci\u003eSoft Landing\u003c\/i\u003e. Rounding up songs he's been toying with for the better part of the last decade, Perri enters his third decade of music-making with this lovely, langourous collection of subtly detailed soft rock -his most guitar-based album since 2007's \u003ci\u003eTiny Mirrors\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eSoft Landing\u003c\/i\u003e, Perri's guitar is at the calm and expressively rambling heart of these tunes -while his recording and mixing acumen as a (self) producer is, as always, on brilliant display. \u003ci\u003eGod Blessed The Fool\u003c\/i\u003e is a splendid stroke of sultry slow-burn soul that finds Sandro busting out his sweet falsetto; \u003ci\u003eWrong About The Rain\u003c\/i\u003e channels only the choicest tropes of syncopated 70s-era soft-rock, with Perri weaving ornate guitar licks around a succulent interplay of clarinet and trap kit, resulting in one of the most immediately satisfying tunes he's ever put to tape -high praise for someone with such a stellar catalogue to date, but we're confident fans will agree. And as with last year's \u003ci\u003eIn Another Life\u003c\/i\u003e (which comprised two album-length sides \"infinite song'), \u003ci\u003eSoft Landing\u003c\/i\u003e includes the 16-minute track \u003ci\u003eTime (You Got Me)\u003c\/i\u003e, an enchanted mid-tempo excursion anchored by a gently sliding guitar riff and a serene vocal singing a wistfully acquiescent love letter to the fourth dimension. Paced by congas, shakers, claves, impressionistic piano and even the occasional wind chime, Perri wraps up his final vocal refrain by the song's fifth minute and then steers the instrumental theme down a long and winding road in his inimitable style -like a stroll along a country lane where every glint of dappled sunlight catches another rustling, animate micro-detail. 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