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Cloud Cult
By Cristina Cordova
Created 03/31/2008 - 2:15pm

Issue: 
March 2008 Online [1]
1209229200
Electric Fetus, April 8th, 2008, and First Avenue,
music
Erin Roof [2]
Listening to Feel Good Ghosts [3] 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 [4] is a mix between indie-tastic emotional crooners like Bright Eyes [5] and The Shins [6] 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 [7] or at First Avenue [8] April 26.
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[1] http://www.rakemag.com/issues/2008/03-0
[2] http://www.rakemag.com/authors/erin-roof
[3] http://www.cloudcult.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=54
[4] http://www.cloudcult.com/
[5] http://www.thisisbrighteyes.com/
[6] http://www.theshins.com/
[7] http://www.electricfetus.com/
[8] http://www.first-avenue.com/calendar/event_2515.aspx
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