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New release available now!
We're proud to present Den Lille Havfrue, a 7" available at Cloudberry Records! These two new songs were born to be a part of your summer soundtrack 2010.
Press Release:
Swedish favourites A Smile and a Ribbon are back with two absolutely lovely songs!
Did you ever hear the story about The Little Mermaid? After saving a prince from drowning she falls in love with him, and in order to be a human she sacrifices her angelic voice. She only has a very short time for the prince to fall in love with her or she will die.
When A Smile and a Ribbon recorded Den Lille Havfrue, which is Danish for The Little Mermaid, they wanted to make sounds that would make you feel as if you were under the sea, and that’s just what they did! This beautiful little gem of a song is the pearl you can only find in the prettiest oysters in the deepest of oceans. The B side, Sommer, is a melodic story of feeling lethargic and fed up with summer, full of exotic instruments such as the güiro, the kazoo and the melodica. Rather than making you dread summer, this song is bound to make you look forward to beach parties and sunshine!
So, what happened to the little mermaid in the end? As the story unfolds she doesn’t get the prince and so she dies, but she tried her utmost and so instead she gains an eternal soul. That’s a bit like this record: you’ll want these songs to last forever and you’ll never want to remove this 7" from your turntable!
A plaintive harpsichord intro that sounds not unlike the beginning of the very song from which ASAAR take their name kicks off this beautifully wobbly ballad. Indebted to fifties doo-wop, early rock'n'roll and (as always) sixties girl groups, 'Den Lille Havfrue' is full of talky breakdowns, marimba, and slightly off-key backing vocals. An utterly charming, totally brilliant single.
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A Smile And A Ribbon - 'Sweet Sixteen' from Mr Logic on Vimeo
Our debut album The Boy I Wish I Never Met is SOLD OUT! on Shelflife Records. Lucky you can still get your hands on a copy though, thanks to some naughty american postmen (we were supposed to sell the remaining 18 copies on our tour, but they were returned to Sweden).
This special and rare album is a multipackage containing a CD as well as a vinyl single with four songs ("Then I Felt Your Cheek", "Miracles", "Holding Hands", "Sugar Daddy"). You can download the title track "The Boy I Wish I Never Met" through Shelflife's homepage. You might still be able to order the album from the excellent web shop Fraction Discs in Göteborg or if you live in Malmö visit Rundgång, Konst & Musik, Då & Då or På Besök. Otherwise, just contact us directly!
ABOUT THE RELEASE: "A Smile and a Ribbon is Rebecca Mehlman and Martin Lindqvist, a Swedish combo who was more-than-willing to take the unlucky fate of Rebecca's failed relationship and set it to music. The result is bubblegum pop most sanguine. But watch out, this sweet spoonful of sugar might give you a toothache if you're not careful. The Boy I
Wish I Never Met is a pure P!O!P! album that draws influences from
1950's girl bands, 90's twee, and a whole lot of quirky personality.
Its a not-so-innocent look at childhood fancy and lost love."
- Shelflife Records, September 2007.
"The cutest, catchiest pop tunes you'll ever hear."
- Stereo Cute
Download three mp3s from the album for free:
The Boy I Wish I Never Met
Book Cover
Pebbles
Asian ASAAR Release
The Boy I Wish I Never Met was released in Thailand March 2010 by JOINTT. We've done all the artwork ourselves: my amazing artist friend Sannah Salameh painted the cover and made illustrations inspired by the songs, and our guitarist Krister Bladh (a design student) did the layout.We're very proud of the results! The CD album includes the original CD tracks plus the 7" ones Shelflife released 2007, as well as bonus track Sweet Sixteen. This special treat for our asian fans can be purchased here http://www.jointtisup.com/
