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Club 8

Club 8 — The Boy Who Wouldn't Stop Dreaming

Club 8 -- The Boy Who Wouldn't Stop Dreaming
The Boy Who Wouldn't Stop Dreaming will find a welcome home with these addicts of gentle, melancholy music.

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Another reason the Swedes Rule: Club 8

Today I think we've all earned some Swedish electronica spiced up indie-pop from Club 8.

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Acid House Kings, Aerospace, Afraid of Stairs, Airliner, Chasing Dorotea, Club 8, Corduroy Utd., Douglas Heart, Edson, Irene, Lasse Lindh, Laurel Music, Leslies, Loveninjas, Mondial, Pelle Carlberg, Ronderlin, Sambassadeur, South Ambulance, Starlet, Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, The Legends, The Mary Onettes, The Radio Dept., Tribeca, Waltz for Debbie, Wan Light, [ingenting] — Labrador 100 - A Complete History Of Popular Music

What is it about Sweden anyways? Is it the long winter nights? The long summer days? The frightening good looks? The socialized medicine? Hell, they have socialized BOOZE (Absolut vodka is owned by the government). They do give grants to musicians, which might strike your average starving band in the US as bizarre, but these bands earn it.

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Latest comment by: swedestpleasest: "Nice coverage of this release. I agree with this reviewer wholeheartedly. I received this boxset from parcel post last week and can't stop listening to it. "Cinnamon" is unbeatable. I could live without Tribeca. The synth surely inspired Nine Inch Nails to ...