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1. Je T'Aime, Baby
2. I My She Love You
3. She'll Break Your Heart... Again
4. The Rainbow Connection
5. Xs And Os
6. Honey
7. Jazz My Bads (For JT)
8. So Sad
9. Summertime
10. How Does It Feel To Be Loved?
11. (Gimme Gimme) The Good Times
12. Goodbye
The fabulous debut album from airport girl marries their love of americana (Pavement, Sonic Youth) to with a dose of scottish pop (Pastels, Belle and Sebastian).
As played by John Peel and John Kennedy (XFM). Album of the month, scootering ”The Pastels, Teenage Fanclub and Belle & Sebastian all come to mind… a cool album from the genuinely and fiercely independent underground.”
“Airport Girl est à prendre beaucoup plus au sérieux, point de jonction idéal entre les go-betweens et hefner - autrement dit un ersatz complétement affriolant de l'icone Jonathan Richman.” (Les Inrockuptibles)
Tracklisting:
1. This Could Be The Start Of Something Small
2. Power Yr Trip
3. I'm Wrong, You're Right
4. Home On The Range
5. Frostbite
6. Hey! Crayola
7. Love Runs Clean
8. Between Delta And Delaware
9. The Foolishness That We Create Through Love Is The Closest We Come To Greatness
10. You Fill Me Up (I Lose)
11. Surf #7 Wave
12. Shine Like Stars
Some five years after their debut album Honey, I'm An Artist had the indie kids swooning in jangle-pop ecstasy, Airport Girl return with a radically altered sound, a glistening downbeat country-pop hybrid that is sure to win them at least as many new admirers as it will alienate existing fans. A brave move then, but one that's more than justified by the rich seam of quality songwriting mined here and the luxuriant arrangements that set off singer-songwriter Rob Price's sonorous, throaty vocals.
Here is a band finding a new level of maturity, growing and changing, the music reflecting the uncertainties and troubles of adult life.From the world-weary plea of the piano-led Hold Me Through The Night to the heartbreaking country sigh of I've Seen Mexico a sense of regret pervades the album, none more so than on the desperate, hurt-racked How Long Can This Go On?. More upbeat are the jazz-tinged Don't Let Me Down Again and The Weather Song, its Sketches Of Spain intro belying its true nostalgic nature, while Show Me The Way, as pure a declaration of love as one could wish for, could have come straight from the Go-Betweens' masterpiece 16 Lovers Lane.
Throughout there is judicious use of violin, cello, trumpet, harmonica and melodica to subtly create moods and textures within the songs, along with a willingness to experiment, as the intro to Ode To The City and the sea shanty of Twice Around The Bay bear out, that lifts the album far beyond standard indie fare.The kids at the club may be momentarily fazed by Airport Girl's new direction, but ultimately any listener will be rewarded by an album of great musical and emotional depth.
Tracklisting:
1. There's A Crisis In Your Past
2. Hold Me Through The Night
3. Don't Let Me Down Again
4. Ode To The City
5. I've Seen Mexico
6. The Weather Song
7. Twice Around The Bay
8. How Long Can This Go On?
9. Show Me The Way
10. Low Coin (Lullaby)
11. Bullfighting
For Fans Of: The Concretes, The Cardigans, Peter, Bjorn and John, Swedish Pop
With the current vogue in music for all things Swedish it was perhaps surprising that one of the best and most important Swedish bands of recent years, the exquisitely melancholic yet danceable Club 8, had seemingly vanished from the scene.
Of course founder member Johan Angergård had been busy both in his role as chief of the hugely influential Swedish label Labrador and with his other bands The Legends and the Acid House Kings, but still, three years had passed without so much as a note.
Finally, in May of this year, Club 8 returned to have a massive blog hit with the amazing Tropicalia-influenced Whatever You Want. Now, with their long-awaited sixth album The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming, Club 8 are set to take their rightful place at the top table of Swedish pop.
Initially inspired by a love of The Smiths and Sarah Records Karolina Komstedt (vocals) and Johan Angergård (all instruments) released their debut album as Club 8, Nouvelle, on Spanish label Siesta.
However, it was with their more dance-orientated next album The Friend I Once Had and its beguiling mix of bossa nova, glittery guitars and shiny pop melodies that they took their first big step forward, the single Missing You becoming a club and radio hit in Spain and a college radio favourite in North America.
Constantly changing, the self-titled follow-up was both darker and slower, labelled as both trip-hop and chill-out, before the band diversified again with the semi-electronic, slightly experimental but intensely emotional Spring Came, Rain Fell (2002) and the more guitar-based Strangely Beautiful (2004).
During this time the band's reputation spread, with live shows across Europe, USA and South East Asia where they are at least partly responsible for the thriving Indonesian music scene.
With The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming Club 8 have evolved yet again and made a truly different and very special album that packs a heavy personal emotional punch.
The sweet transience of life and the closeness of death come wrapped in the shape of twelve perfect pop songs in a summer dress, the mix of sunshine and melancholia as unique as it is profoundly moving. A glorious return to say the least.
Exquisite¦ lovely vocals¦ indie pop bliss (Pitchfork).
Tracklisting:
1. Jesus, Walk With Me
2. Whatever You Want
3. Football Kids
4. Hope And Dreams
5. Everything Goes
6. Heaven
7. When I Come Around
8. Leave The North
9. In The Morning
10. Sometimes
11. Where Birds Don't Fly
12. The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming