1. Blue Skies2. Don't Be Gone
3. Breakdown
4. She Never Calls Me
5. Love Affair
6. Sunday Afternoon
7. Those Charming Men
8. All Dressed Up And Shy
9. I Guess I Was Wrong
10. Look Out!
Saturday Night Engine
Club 8's spring 2003 EP,Saturday Night Engine,is a turning point in the band's young career. Thisis mostly due to the title track. Saturday Night Engine is a song unlike any other Club 8 song committed to record. A pounding drum beat like a Swedish Northern soul stomper,gleefully twisting guitar lines,a fat and funky organ,and Johan Andergard's uncharacteristically excited vocals combine to make this a classic indie pop song. It is the first Club 8 track that makes you want to get up and jump around for joy. It is the first track that transcends their influences (Saint Etienne,the Cardigans) and sounds like a truly inspired band. The next track is closer to typical Club 8 fare; I Have No Plan is a dreamy ballad that shows off Karolina Komstedt's sultry vocals. Elsewhere the band dabbles in distorted,dramatic Slowdive-esque shoegazing on So Tied Up; hip-hop on the abbreviated Giza; glitzy Euro dance-pop on People Who Would Go For You; and otherworldly trip-hop with a country feel on the very good and quite-reminiscent-of-One Dove Sometimes I Feel Like a Loser. The previous Club 8 record found the group to be repeating themselves and drifting toward boredom,but this EP bucks that trend in a very emphatic manner. The band sounds much more interested in arrangements and musical exploration here,the vocals sound inspired,and the songs are memorable. Fans of Club 8 who had begun to write the band off will be pleasantly surprised to say the least.