Cloud Control - Bliss release

Year: 2011
Genre: Rock / indie / electronic / psychedelic folk
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/cloudcontrol
Format: mp3
Bitrate: V0 [~245]
Scene release: Cloud_Control-Bliss_Release-(Deluxe_Edition)-2CD-2011-TAKU
File size: 111 MB

Track listing:
01. Meditation song #2 (why, oh why) 7:03
02. There's nothing in the water we can't fight 6:31
03. Ghost story 6:43
04. Gold canary 6:04
05. This is what I said 5:54
06. Just for now 6:09
07. The Rolling Stones 7:06
08. Hollow drums 4:22
09. My fear #2 5:51
10. Beast of love 5:52






Bonus disc:
11. My fear # 1 5:22
12. Island 6:04
13. This is what yo mamma said (Fishing remix) 5:11
14. Gold canary (Seekae remix) 5:18
15. Gold canary (Djanimals remix) 3:32
16. There's nothing in the water we can't fight (Spod remix) 6:05
17. Pursuit of happiness (FBI Radio Sydney live recording) 4:03

Review:
Are other countries' equivalents of the Mercury Prize just as potentially poisonous as our version (what with the decline of Gomez, the difficult drama of Klaxons, and the recent fall from universal critical acclaim of Elbow)? If so, we probably ought to be terribly concerned for nearly-Sydney foursome Cloud Control. This record won Australia's version, which hasn't exactly led to international recognition for predecessors such as... any of them, really.
Throughout Bliss Release, Cloud Control masterfully craft their own special brand of folk-infused, psychedelic pop. Toying with looping (“Death Cloud”), soulful chanting (“Gold Canary”), and a lot of tambourine along the way, each song’s base of keys, heavy bass, and distorted guitars morphs into something greater. Opener “Meditation Song #2 (Why, Oh Why)” offers the perfect example of this, as a drone and acoustic strum swell into a triumphant cacophony of hand-claps, swirling psychedelics, and a downright grungy guitar lick. The vocal performances of Alister Wright and Heidi Lenffer are the icing on the sonic cake. Wright usually leads the way, his wails recalling James Mercer, especially on “There’s Nothing in the Water We Can’t Fight”. When they sing together, though, Cloud Control reaches a new dimension: Her lofty, breathy delivery paired with his more direct, quivering voice creates shiver-inducing harmonies (most notably on folksy “Just for Now”).
Cloud Control’s lyrics may not be revolutionary, but that isn’t the point of Bliss Release. It is a demonstration of truly versatile, fresh talent, a debut full to the brim of completely absorbing, compelling songs. In a line indicative of the album’s general sentiments, Wright and Lenffer sing, “Sometimes the world’s real hard to understand.” Fortunately, the hardest thing about Cloud Control to understand is why we’ve taken so long to find out about them.

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