It was 3Hive that put me on to Swedish duo Club 8 ages ago. I sat and listened to them this weekend and thought it was time to pass on the goodness. According to their Wikipedia entry, they got together in 1995, and since then they've produced six albums.

What's striking about their sound is how much Dido owes to their singer, Karolina Komstedt, who sings with unstoppable calm regardless of the energy or pathos of the song. I've really enjoyed listening over the weekend.

They've placed enough free tracks on their web site to constitute a sampler album. Here are pointers to them, playable in-browser assuming the JavaScript works.

• Jesus walk with me from The boy who couldn't stop dreaming
• Whatever you want from The boy who couldn't stop dreaming
• Heaven from The boy who couldn't stop dreaming
• Spring came, rain fell from Spring came, rain fell
• Love in December from Club 8
• Missing you from The friend I once had

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Posted By webmink to WebMink on 11/24/2008 05:08:00 PM