Club 8

Club 8
Background information
Origin	Sweden
Genres	Indie pop
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Labrador
Website	www.club-8.org
Members	Karolina Komstedt Johan Angergård

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

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 with an anorak pop sound.

In 1998, their second album The Friend I Once Had and the single "Missing You" were released. "Missing You" become 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 its third, self-titled album. In the autumn of 2001, the band members used Stockholm's Summersound Studios, writing songs and experimenting with dub, C-86, trip hop, chill-out, 1980s, and bossa nova sounds. The resulting album, released in 2002, is named Spring Came, Rain Fell.

The 2003 follow-up album, Strangely Beautiful, 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" 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 helped make an Acid House Kings album in 2005. In 2007, Club 8 released its sixth album The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming on Labrador.

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