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| Pitchfork |
 There are some things about Club 8 records that are always the same. The line-up, for one thing-- Johan Angergård is the composer, and Karolina Komstedt is the singer. Her voice is always polite and gentle; his songs are consistently tuneful in the low-key way that characterizes contemporary Scandinavian indie pop. Within this template, the duo have gone through a surprising number of stylistic shifts-- at various time slipping comfortably into trip-hop, twee, bossanova, dub, and dance-pop. Their experimentation has yielded hit-or-miss results, but their willingness to explore and ability to change up their formula without sacrificing the band's essential character is commendable.
The People's Record, the duo's seventh full-length, is their boldest work to date. Whereas previous Club 8 releases had toyed with danceable beats, Angergård's new songs are built upon dense polyrhythms that borrow extensively from Western African, Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban music. Thanks in large part to the group's nimble rhythm section, these sounds have been integrated into their established Euro-indie aesthetic with nuance and grace. The emphasis on rhythm seems natural, and the songs seem to be constructed from the bottom up rather than arbitrarily tossed into these beat-heavy arrangements....full text |
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| Prefixmag |
| Swedish popsters Club 8 have got a brand-new bag on their sixth album, The People's Record. In the past, their sound was an atmospheric, low-key mix of bittersweet pop and bossa nova influences. This time out, though, with producer Jari Haapalainen (The Concretes, Camera Obscura) on board, they've taken on a global-groove vibe, incorporating Afrobeat and samba influences for a more upbeat feel than ever before. ...full text |
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| Urchicago |
In honor of our Swedish guest blogger I thought I'd post about Sweden's Club 8—duo Karolina Komstedt and Johan Angergard of Stockholm. Their newest album, The People's Record drops May 18th on Labrador Records with the lead single "Western Hospitality". In the process of making the record, Club 8 was inspired by Brazilian and West African music—they even hired a Cuban percussionist to do drums.
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