Breathy pop, ala St Etienne
Randy Nicolosi | Shelton, CT United States | 03/08/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"An unexpected pleasure from an unexpected source. If you like St Etienne, you will certainly like Club 8! Definitely give this one a shot, its a wonderful album!"
Wistful & wise
William Timothy Lukeman | 10/24/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"There's a delicate magic to the music of Club 8. Comparisons to bands such as Saint Etienne are fair enough, but there's an extra, irresistible, melancholy undertone to these floating-like-a-dreamy-summer-cloud songs. The secret is in Karolina Komstedt's wispy, little girl voice, which conveys both a terribly vulnerable innocence & a wounded world-weariness. She makes you feel as if she's seen it all, somehow retaining a child's wide-eyed wonder even as she acknowledges the pain & loss of the adult world. It's not that she's immune to further suffering, it's just that she's learned she can live with it. Strangely enough, this makes even the saddest of these songs shimmer with a mysterious joy.
Most highly recommended!"