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Artist | Club 8
Title | Pleasure
Genre | Indie Format | Album
Source | Vinyl Time | 23:15
Label | Labrador Records Store | 2015
Catalog | LAB152LP Rip | 2015
Bitrate | 242 kbps Size | 42.46 MB
Freq | 48.0 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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A1. Love Dies 2:40
A2. Skin 2:45
A3. Late Nights 2:52
A4. Kinky Love 2:52
B1. Jealousy Remains 2:45
B2. Hush 2:37
B3. Movement 2:42
B4. Promises We Never Meant To Keep 4:02
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Formed in 1995, Club 8 became one of the pillars of Sweden's pop scene with
a string of melodic, eclectic albums. Members Karolina Komstedt and Johan
Angergard had previously worked together in the band Poprace, and their new
group - which began as a recording project before growing into a
full-fledged touring band - explored everything from bossa nova to
trip-hop. Pop always remained at the center of Club 8's sound, though, and
Angergard made additional contributions to Swedish music by helping run a
respected indie label, Labrador Records, and logging time in several
different bands.
After making the most musically diverse album of their long career with
2013's "Above The City", Club 8 return with possibly their most focused. On
2015's "Pleasure", the duo of Johan Angergard and Karolina Komstedt stick
to a synth-heavy approach, drawing from classic synth pop and icy
Euro-disco to craft a slick and melancholy sound that suits the lyrics
about love, sex, and jealousy.
The more uptempo, dancefloor-ready songs like "Late Nights" and "Movement"
balance the chilly, restrained ballads ('Love Dies', 'Jealousy Remains')
nicely, and they do the sleek machine disco thing really well, especially
on the very Sally Shapiro-esque "Hush." Angergard has a lot of skill at
crafting synthy pop; he's made two excellent versions of it already in 2015
with Eternal Death and The Legends.
He gets rich sounds out of the various keyboards, layering them with a
light touch, and the arrangements are filled with hooky little keyboard
melodies and lots of reverb. He knows that the biggest draw is Komstedt's
voice and he doesn't detract from it by getting too fancy. She's in top
form throughout the album, wringing every drop of emotion out of the lyrics
in effortless, gliding-above-it-all fashion.
It's a formula that's worked for the band for a long time and it's not even
close to getting stale, even with Angergard spreading his talents over
multiple projects at a time. Their fusion of melancholy melodies, warm
sounds, and truly beautiful vocals is still reliably magical, and the only
complaint about "Pleasure" is that it doesn't last long enough.
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Fantastic Club 8 on limited clear vinyl.