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This is a 5 EP supplement to Club 8's 2007 "The Boy Who Can't Stop Dreaming." Normally, EP's are either for the collector who wants to own every release by his/her favorite band, the person who just wants that one song but doesn't want to purchase the whole album, or worst case scenario, the band who wants to make release songs that didn't make it to their final album.
This EP holds a distinction in that one asks "why DIDN'T these songs make it to the album?"
Track 1 is the only song that appears on "The Boy..." Ascetic with nothing but an acoustic guitar and Karolina Komstedt's gorgeously haunting reverberating voice. Lyrically, it's a piece that can be read on many levels. Religion is seen as a source of ecstasy even to the questioning believer who is doubtful of its existence.
Just to hear Karolina's voice break in it's fragility:
"Cause I need this,
God feed me with your love,
and take me through the day"
is worth the price of the ep.
Certainly not a religious song, "Jesus Walk With Me" knowingly accepts the subject as both a spiritual savior and a product of our own deception we agree to let into our lives.
"fool me into believing
I don't care if you're deceiving me
before I go I need to be something more
than the skin and bones you see."
Track 2: "What I'm Dreaming of Is Something I Could Have" is a sweet sounding, adorable little piece with Karolina singing about confused innocent love above the signature Club 8 rhythms of handclaps, tambourine, subtle congos, matched nicely with guitar, bass. The chords are quite lovely and really a logical follow-up track to Jesus, Walk With Me.
Track 3 is a somber march with organ drones, guitar, and a hihat with a strong Joan Baez '69 Woodstock feel.
Track 4 is a very accessible version of "Jesus Walk with Me" with almost all the elements that make Club 8's music so lovable: string accompaniement, trap (simple) drum set with rim clicks (set in a more complicated pattern than usual), light organ riffs, all combined in an understated but still Pop, radio-ready version, for those who feel the original mix is too bare.
Track 5 is a dubby, chilled-lounge version of "Jesus Walk With Me" with Komstedt's voice in radio frequency, something Club 8 often likes to utilize.
Track 1, 2 and 4 are the standouts of this EP. Unless Club 8 decides to release alternate version of their album (which they have done in the past) that includes these pieces, one would be wise to grab these, because once they are gone EP's sometimes don't get re-released many years later.
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When an EP is not just for a die-hard collecting fan, but every club 8 listener
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