Club 8

Biography

Club 8 is a Swedish musical duo consisting of Karolina Komstedt (from the band Poprace) and Johan Angergård (Acid House Kings, Poprace).

History

Formed in 1995, Club 8 were signed to the Spanish record label Siesta. They released a single called "Me Too" and an album called Nouvelle×Nouvelle1996 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Blue Skies2:352Don't Be Gone2:273Breakdown2:524She Never Calls Me2:205Loveaffair2:366Sunday Afternoon2:347Those Charming Men2:488All Dressed Up and Shy2:199I Guess I Was Wrong2:0010Look Out!2:37 with an twee pop sound.
In 1998, their second album, The Friend I Once Had×The Friend I Once Had29 September 1998 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Everlasting Love2:362All I Can Do2:383Someday2:464I Wish You'd Stay3:195Holiday2:366The End of the Affair2:477Summer Rain2:478Calcutta0:299Tomorrow Never Comes2:2010Better Days2:0211Karen3:4012Missing You2:31, and the single "Missing You×Missing You1998 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Missing You2:342The Friend I Once Had2:463Missing You (remix)3:17" were released. "Missing You" became a club and radio hit in Spain and somewhat of a college radio favorite in the US. The band started playing live. Their first gig was in New York at a March Records CMJ event in 1999. Their sound had by now developed into a more bossa nova and dance-oriented one.
In 2001, Club 8's sound moved toward chill-out and trip hop on their third, self-titled album. In the autumn of 2001, the duo used Stockholm's Summersound Studios, writing songs and experimenting with dub, trip hop, chillout, 1980s, and bossa nova sounds. The resulting album, released in 2002, is named Spring Came, Rain Fell×Spring Came, Rain Fell26 February 2002 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1We're Simple Minds3:412Spring Came, Rain Fell2:373Spring Song0:214Close to Me2:275Baby, I'm Not Sure If This Is Love4:276The Chance I Deserve2:527I Give Up Too0:468Friends and Lovers3:019Teenage Life3:2010Karen Song1:2711The Girl With the Northern Soul Collection3:2112We Set Ourselves Free3:59.
The 2003 follow-up album, Strangely Beautiful×Strangely Beautiful17 June 2003 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1When Lights Go Out2:522What Shall We Do Next?2:373I Wasn't Much of a Fight2:504Stay by My Side4:215Cold Hearts2:546Between Waking and Sleeping2:167This Is the Morning1:168The Next Step You'll Take2:549The Beauty of the Way We're Living3:1110Saturday Night Engine4:0811We Move in Silence2:54, peaked at number 18 on the CMJ charts in the US. For the first time since 1999, the band released a single from the album and a corresponding video. Backed by five exclusive tracks, the song "Saturday Night Engine×Saturday Night Engine2003 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracks1Saturday Night Engine4:072I Have No Better Plan3:073So Tied Up4:374Giza0:345People Who Would Go for You2:086Sometimes I Felt Like a Loser3:32" was released as a single in the spring of 2003. The video made it to number 16 on the Up North chart on MTV Nordic.
Afterward, Angergård formed a band called the Legends, which recorded three albums between 2004 and 2006. He also made an Acid House Kings album in 2005. In 2007, Club 8 released their sixth album, The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming×The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming2007 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Jesus, Walk With Me3:102Whatever You Want3:443Football Kids2:444Hopes and Dreams3:015Everything Goes2:506Heaven3:007When I Come Around2:348Leave the North2:369In the Morning2:3910Sometimes2:5611Where Birds Don't Fly3:0012The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming2:45, on Labrador Records.
Club 8's album The People's Record×The People's Record12 May 2010 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Western Hospitality3:502Isn't That Great?4:213Shape Up!3:174Dancing With the Mentally Ill3:565My Pessimistic Heart3:066Back to A3:317Like Me3:108Be Mad, Get Ill, Be Still3:129We're All Going to Die3:3710The People Speak5:07, was released on 18 May 2010, and was produced by Jari Haapalainen. Their next album, titled Above the City×Above the City20 May 2013 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Kill Kill Kill3:252Stop Taking My Time2:513You Could Be Anybody4:094Run3:395Interlude0:566Hot Sun3:257A Small Piece of Heaven2:498I'm Not Gonna Grow Old3:349Interlude #20:2210Into Air4:1111Instrumental1:1612Travel2:1013Less Than Love3:1814Straight as an Arrow3:19, came out on 21 May 2013.
Club 8 has since released two further studio albums: 2015's Pleasure×Pleasure20 November 2015 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Love Dies2:452Skin2:503Late Nights2:594Kinky Love2:575Jealousy Remains2:506Hush2:427Movement2:488Promises We Never Meant to Keep4:05, and their latest, Golden Island×Golden Island26 January 2018 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Swimming With The Tide2:562Breathe3:373Lost2:354Pacific3:205Got To Live3:286Fire3:247You've Got Heart1:318Touch You3:169Strange Reflection3:2210Silence3:21, which came out in 2018.