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Artist | Club 8
Title | Golden Island
Genre | Indie Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 30:50
Label | Labrador Records Store | 2018
Catalog | LAB163 Rip | 2018
Bitrate | 225 kbps Size | 52.50 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Swimming With The Tide 2:56
02. Breathe 3:37
03. Lost 2:35
04. Pacific 3:20
05. Got To Live 3:28
06. Fire 3:24
07. You've Got Heart 1:31
08. Touch You 3:16
09. Strange Reflection 3:22
10. Silence 3:21
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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 Angergσrd made additional
contributions to Swedish music by helping run a respected indie
label, Labrador Records, and logging time in several different
bands.
After a couple of albums that shifted their warm indie pop sound
toward something chillier and 80s synth pop-inspired, the Swedish
duo Club 8 take an understated left turn on 2018's "Golden Island".
Utilizing ghostly vocal samples, field recordings, and swaths of
vintage synths, the band leave any dancefloor aspirations behind in
favor of beatless, spectral music ideal for deep introspection.
Unlike other Club 8 albums, where it's easy to spot the influences
Johan Angergard is borrowing from, this time around the arrangements
and production don't appear to be tethered to anything other than
his desire to tear down the Club 8 sound and make something very
different.
The songs meander like streams, sounds float in and out of focus,
the samples (which range from jungle birds to Tuvan throat singers)
pop up in unexpected places, and the range of instruments they use
is pretty far outside their usual toolbox. It almost feels like the
work of another band, especially since long periods seem to go by
without the appearance of Karolina Komstedt's vocals. When she does
appear, she comes across as much more subdued than on previous
records, fitting into the arrangements like another piece of the
puzzle instead of the main focus.
On tracks like the lovely "Swimming With The Tide" or "Got To Live",
which balances her clear tones against the keening sound of the
throat singers, Angergard crafts something rich, calm, and beautiful
like he was a collage artist cutting and pasting disparate elements
into something whole and unique. Most of the album manages to come
off in similar fashion, pitting ghostly atmosphere against
restrained emotion to make some truly thoughtful music. It only
comes apart when the duo amp up the beats on the thumping dance
track "Fire", which breaks the mood of the album without delivering
anything too exciting in return.
Better to sink deeply into the rest of "Golden Island" and its rich
arrangements, quietly startling musical juxtapositions, and
trademark Club 8-style tender emotions. The sounds may change and
the style may expand and/or contract, but as the album proves again,
Angergard's vision and Komstedt's ability to transmit emotion
without breaking a sweat will likely never change.
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