El Perro Del Mar Tours with Peter Bjorn and John

We've written about our excitement for the new El Perro Del Mar record Love is Not Pop that comes out October 20th via The Control Group. While her last record, From the Valley To the Stars left us a little wanting, we're hoping the new record fills in a little more where that album left off. Announced today, are dates with Peter Bjorn and John to complement the already announced solo dates a Nov 9th show at Joe's Pub in New York and a Nov 23rd show at LA's Hotel Cafe. See all the dates after the jump!

EL PERRO DEL MAR TOUR DATES

11.07 Washington DC – 930 Club*

11.08 Philadelphia PA – Theater of Living Arts*

11.09 New York NY – Joes Pub

11.10 New York NY – Terminal 5*

11.11 Toronto ON – Phoenix Theatre*

11.12 Chicago IL – Metro*

11.13 St Louis MO – Gargoyle Club*

11.14 Dallas TX – House of Blues*

11.15 Austin TX – La Zona Rosa*

11.17 Tucson AZ – Rialto*

11.18 San Diego CA – House of Blues*

11.19 San Francisco CA – Great American Music Hall*

11.20 San Francisco CA – Great American Music Hall*

11.21 Los Angeles CA – Club Nokia*

11.23 Los Angeles CA – The Hotel Café

*With Peter Bjorn and John

New El Perro Del Mar due 10/20

Swedish songwriter El Perro Del Mar (Sarah Assbring) returns on October 10th with her third record Love is Not Pop coming out on the Control Group label. El Perro Del Mar will play two headline US shows in NY and LA and tour with Peter Bjorn and John on their N. American dates in November. Assbring's first two full-length efforts, 2006's eponymous debut and 2008's From the Valley To the Stars, were sweetly melancholy affairs showcasing Assbring's charming voice and solid songwriting talent. The records succeeded in their ability to flirt with a certain twee-pop quality without ever succumbing to it's dangerous ways. Songs from her new record are streaming at myspace. Of the new record Assbring states:

I'd spent some bad times in New York and some good times in Paris and both these cities have made a great imprint on this album and my current outlook on love. I've decided to call it 'Love Is Not Pop' - the songs on the album are all pop songs and they are all about love. But naturally, it is not all as simple as that. As much as pop can be love and vice versa - I'd like to believe that love goes so much deeper than a pop song.