(2006)

“…feels like his earlier music coming apart at the seams.” - Dusted

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From the Constellation website:

In 2005, Sandro Perri self-released a batch of vocal songs on CD-R, featuring re-interpretations of material from his Polmo Polpo album Like Hearts Swelling. Constellation re-released it a year later with one additional song.

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.

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Release Date: Sept 11/25, 2006
Label: Constellation (CST042)
Format: CD / 180g LP

1. Romeo Heart (slight return)
2. Requiem For A Fox
3. Sky Histoire
4. Dreaming
5. Circles

Total duration: 27:01

All songs by Sandro Perri except “Requiem For a Fox” (Perri/Fox)

Personnel:

Sandro Perri: guitar, lap steel, synth, vocal, percussion
Eric Chenaux: harmonica (1), electric guitar, backing vocals (2)
Shayne Cox: drums (1)
Ryan Driver: flute (1)
Craig Dunsmuir: bass (1)
John Jowett: euphonium (3, 5)
Jen Parker: SK-1 (1)
Don Pyle: tambourine (5)
Marcus Quin: bass clarinet (1)
Andy Swan: piano (1)
Doug Tielli: trombone (2)
Nick Zubeck: ebow guitar (1)

Engineers:

Andy Magoffin (The House Of Miracles)
Jeff McMurrich (Hallamusic)
Don Pyle (Bunny Down Sound)
Sandro Perri (The Honey Pot)

Produced by Sandro Perri 2004-2006
Mastered by Harris Newman

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