- Category: Music » Rock & Pop » Alternative
- Format: CD Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
- Release Date: March 24, 2008
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Labrador
- UPC: 7332233700376
- WAPI (Tower ID): 111922164
- Average Customer Review: There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review!
- Tower.com Sales Rank: #136205 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #37217 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
- #3191 in Alternative (See Top 100 Alternative Bestsellers)
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Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "Strangely Beautiful" by Club 8 to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Strangely Beautiful"Browse more products related to "Club 8"ReviewUncut (p.132) - 3 stars out of 5 - "'Cold Hearts' is the highlight here, a lovely crepuscular croon." ReviewUncut (p.132) - 3 stars out of 5 - "'Cold Hearts' is the highlight here, a lovely crepuscular croon." Product noteClub 8: Johan Angergard (vocals, various instruments); Karolina Komstedt (vocals). Title NoteClub 8: Johan Angergard (vocals, various instruments); Karolina Komstedt (vocals). Album DescriptionStrangely Beautiful is Club 8's best and most varied record to date. Their last album, Spring Came, Rain Fell, found the group treading water for the most part -- the sound was there but the songs and the imagination were not. On this album, the band's trademark blend of soft indie pop guitars, perky dance beats, melancholy synthesizers, and sweet and innocent vocals remains intact, but Johan Angergard, the chief architect of Club 8's sound, seems to have spent some effort trying to expand their sound a little. The work pays off handsomely and the album sounds full of life and energy. Songs like "I Wasn't Much of a Fight," with its insistent rhythm, spunky vocals from the usually docile Karolina Komstedt, and a very witty guitar line that quotes Little Peggy March's "I Will Follow," or the best song on the record, "Saturday Night Engine," an Angergard-sung dancefloor stomper that struts like ABBA meets Northern soul and features their most exciting and original arrangement to date, bounce with a newfound sense of excitement and focus. Even the songs that sound like Club 8 by-the-numbers -- such as the dreamy, melancholy "Cold Hearts" and the lilting "The Beauty of the Way We're Living" -- sound fresh. Maybe it is because Angergard has written his strongest batch of melodies yet. Other tunes include "The Next Step You'll Take," with its chiming vibes and lovely vocals, or "This Is the Morning," a brief and brokenhearted acoustic ballad sung by Angergard with Komstedt's angelic whisper backing him. It is nice to see a band that had started to flag turn it around so strongly and release the best record of their career. Club 8 fans and indie poppers should be overjoyed. ~ Tim Sendra If You Enjoy "Strangely Beautiful (CD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Strangely Beautiful (CD)" by Club 8 (Artist)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Explore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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