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Zoe Prinds-Flash

Graveyard Club

Goodnight Paradise, the new record by Minneapolis foursome Graveyard Club, is a master’s thesis in gloomy pop delights. If one dreamed of a nonexistent John Hughes movie, this would be the soundtrack; gothy synthpop at times crossed with the teen angst and twang of ‘50s Everly Brothers sides. With fellow Twin Cities duo Inside Voice.

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PRESS:

Minneapolis' Graveyard Club sound like The Cure without the bouffant hair and smeared lippy or Echo & The Bunnymen wearing t-shirts and shorts on the beach. On tracks like "The Night is Mine" they breathe new life into the usually dark and gloomy genre of goth rock. - NME

New wave revivalists Graveyard Club have been hanging around since 2013, but with a sophomore album due out this year, 2016 feels like a good omen for the Minneapolis foursome. Though their sound is a tad retro, Graveyard Club is more than a nostalgia act for fans of The Cure and New Order. Matthew Schufman's soaring vocals and synth work makes Graveyard Club's music feel immediate, and grand gestures like "Sleepwalk" and "Fire in the Sky" from Nightingale create a heart swell when delivered at high volume. Their live show is a genuine conversion experience. - Go ​96.3

"Their new EP ‘Sleepwalk’ is a six-shooter of nostalgic, beat driven atmospherics reminiscent of the better parts of the 80s shoe gaze movement... that other-worldly aesthetic permeates the tracks with reverb drenched synths and lilting vocals coming at you like a phantom teenage fantasy." -Killer Ponytail

"The music sounds brim-full of promise; take the unashamedly 80′s-retro sounds of the likes of Twin Shadow coupled with New Order, then through in the lo-fi dual-vocalled scuzziness of Big Deal, and you’ll arrive roughly in the same ball park as what we are feeling... With the right degree of production here, these chaps might well ascend to the same level as any of the aforementioned." - Killing Moon