Listening to Feel Good Ghosts is a visceral event with images flooding from vocalist Craig Minowa's decadent lyrics. Take this snippet from "When Water Comes To Life": "And underneath your ribs/ they'll find a heart-shaped locket/ an old photograph of you in daddy's arms/ then they'll sew you closed." In one moment it sounds painfully fragile, as if being fastened together by a teary-eyed romantic. The next moment its musical bravado blossoms around their insecurities. Cloud Cult is a mix between indie-tastic emotional crooners like Bright Eyes and The Shins and a genre of its own creation. The band fuses elegant strings with crunchy guitars all while speckling cheerful ba-da-das in the background of Minowa's warbly tenor. Feel Good Ghosts is a sonic wonderland that folds out into a third dimension as Cloud Cult incorporates two visual artists into its live shows. Catch its multi-media extravaganza at the band's CD release party April 8 at the Electric Fetus or at First Avenue April 26.
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