Cloud Cult

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.