Sally Shapiro (from Sweden)

Yes, I doubt I'll ever listen to this a second time. zzzzzzz

The limited to 20 cassette advance release sold out very very quick yesterday. Wouldn't have minded a copy of that :D

Digging the new album so far after one listen.

After a half dozen listens, now thinking My Guilty Pleasure is as amazing as Disco Romance.

This Miracle number is channelling Dubstar big time. Gotta hear the rest.

The remixes from My Guilty Pleasure are brilliant, Boat Club's take on "Swimming Through The Blue Lagoon" is early-90s sounding melancholy slow-motion disco excellence.

I actually kind of dig Johan's eurodance parody "Move That Barbabody"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZcngh-6N_c

Also great:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7zu7HaJVHI

since hearing that Anoraak song a couple of days ago I've wanted to listen to nothing but.

or that was the case until 'He Keeps Me Alive' just rudely introduced itself to me and got all in my face as I sat home alone on Valentine's night.

anorak christmas is indeed amazing, one of maybe 3 sally shapiro songs i could not do without

The remixes from My Guilty Pleasure are brilliant

only just been checking these out but yeah i like the Bogdan Irkuk mix of 'Miracle' and Lo Motion Disco mix of 'Let It Show' in particular

when u feel so lonely in yr heart, i'll be by your side \(^o^)/

anyone got johann's album? casablanca nights it's called. just listening first time now and it's sounding nice. it's on spotify. collaborations with legowelt and lots of people i've never heard of. some sally stuff on there too.

I'm going to pick that up soon. In that vein I bought Anoraak's Whenever The Sun Sets the other day, it's really nice if a little forgettable. I like the way he and CFCF 'borrow' from other songs.

this was on one of the dj mixes johan did last year...really great tune:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNXIguqfoNU

I've been enjoying this track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IxgwSDAelY

The whole Wolfram album is worth a listen if you are a SS fan. Lots of Hi-Nrg/poppy italo stuff, with an all-star list of guest spots by Legowelt, Sebastian, Hercules & Love Affair, Holy Ghost, Haddaway, Paul Parker, Patrick Pulsinger.

As in, the actual Haddaway

three months after thinking 'Don't Be Afraid' would be a passing obsession I'm still playing it to death.

Haha wow this Wolfram album is great! High quality cheese. And I haven't got to the Haddaway song yet.

Wow I love that Wolfram song. Is the whole album as good as that?

That Wolfram song upthread is technically a Holy Ghost! song (well, it's on their album). He certainly milks it on his own album btw, think it appears three times in various forms?

Came upon this via the Lindstrom remix on Vol. 1 -- find "He Keeps Me Alive" and the Irkuk "Miracle" remix to be the aces so far.

can't believe that ilm failed to alert me of a new sally shapiro single: http://soundcloud.com/paper-bag-records/01-what-can-i-do it's quite nice.

Thanks!

nice! glad to hear a new album is on the way.

who else has a fantasy about marrying an incredibly hot european disco chanteuse

― max

I'm really liking this. It looks like they've decided to make a move away from Italo and more into a 'Club 8'/Labrador kinda sound. I like the sparse guitar by Jaime from Spanish pop act Souvenir, who also co-wrote. In fact this post is a bit of an excuse to recommend them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP9QBj3MrMM

New album confirmed for Feb 26th.

http://pitchfork.com/news/48467-sally-shapiro-announces-new-album/

Really hope it's a lot better than the second album which I can't remember a single thing about.

I'm hoping 'This City's Local Italo Disco DJ Has a Crush On Me' lives up to it's title.

Second album was just as good as the first, I thought! Maybe a bit more focused even.

First one always gave me a shy Japanese karaoke vibe but I've been trying to revisit and really give it a shot.

another track from the new album:
https://soundcloud.com/sally-shapiro/sally-shapiro-electric-youth

New album streaming on Pitchfork.

http://pitchfork.com/advance/32-somewhere-else/

This is great, a huge improvement over the second album. The single is not representative of the album at all.

I must push back and say the second album is awesome. I find all three albums very consistent in songwriting, with a bump in production values as time goes on.

Looking forward to hearing this new one more. Glad "Don't be Afraid" made it out of semi-obscurity and onto the tracklisting. Also the saxophone solo in the middle of the album: sublime.

I wasn't a fan of "My Guilty Pleasure" either. This one's much better. Still nothing as strong, melodically, as some of the songs on the first album. The sound is reminiscent of some 80's stuff I can't quite put my finger on, but it's no longer Italo. Maybe Pet Shop Boys?

yes to this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shD48VzQ9zE

SS albums have been some of my favorite things in the past 8 years. Only just realized there's a free album on their website collecting almost all of the remixes Johan has done. The unreleased Jam & Spoon mix is great! Surprised the Friday Bridge remix is NOT on it, though.

RIP Sally Shapiro :/

sweet farewell single though

http://www.stereogum.com/1874063/sally-shapiro-if-you-ever-wanna-change-your-mind/mp3s/

what?????

oh jesus, i thought you meant the lead singer had died. don't do that!

Sorry! I meant that they had broke up.

I still really love all three albums + the album of remixes Johan did under the SS name. They captured the sincere sentimentality of italodisco without being overly cheesy/kitsch or strictly track-based, and they weren't a one-off.

I was just today listening to "sleep in my arms" on repeat

Pictures circulating on the web that she's been found in the elevator at her Nordic compound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzKlAggR8LM

underrated artist

Just released a second low-key-but-great track with Ryan Paris today, looks like they will both be released in a week. Miss Sally's voice a lot these days.

Forget about you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHunLcfH74M

Love on Ice (from 2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rPYIb9oMrw

new music coming improbably(?)

single on Friday! and there's a new one from Annie due this week too. All we need is Cloetta Paris to return.

Cloetta Paris is a very good SS clone, although the production / vocals are a little more generic IMO.

I am naturally super excited about any new Sally Shapiro material.