Cloud Control

The opening track to Bliss Release starts with a low synth drone that instantly, knowing the Australian origins of Cloud Control, brings to mind the drone of a didgeridoo; this is then joined by folky acoustic guitar, and the combined vocals of Alister Wright and Heidi Lenffer sound clear. To start with, it's all a laid back gentle folk vibe a la Mumford and their contemporaries, but then the full band sound forces in with fuzzy guitars and percussion giving a much stronger flavour of the likes of Guillemots and Vampire Weekend; a force which pauses briefly for an organ interception before continuing to the tracks' close flanked by a pounding bass drum and tambourine stomp. Opening track 'Meditation Song #2 (Why, Oh Why)' then segues into 'There's Nothing In The Water We Can't Fight' which is led by a funky bass riff beneath layers of delayed guitars akin to Arcade Fire and Vampire Weekend, to whom the Cloud Control sound has a similar, upbeat, eclectic and fun kind of feel complete with stomping choruses.

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