Cloud Control’s Bliss Release Triple J Feature Album
Ba-bam! Bliss Release will be featuring heavily this week on Triple J and we’re all pretty damn happy about that.
Bliss Release Charts and Dominates Everything
Some really nice people have had some really nice things to say about Bliss Release. Also, it charted at number 20 according to ARIA and debut at number 2 on the AIR charts. WOWSER!
3RRR ALBUM OF THE WEEK
FBI 94.5 ALBUM OF THE WEEK
EDGE RADIO ALBUM OF THE WEEK
RADIO ADELAIDE ALBUM OF THE WEEK
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
★★★★ FEATURE REVIEW – ‘‘let’s be frank, a bloody impressive album’’
THE AGE
★★★★
HERALD SUN
★★★★
DAILY TELEGRAPH
★★★★
JMAG
★★★★
COSMOPOLITAN
★★★★1/2
THE BRAG
★★★★1/2 CD OF THE WEEK
RAVE
★★★★
AUREVIEW.COM
9 / 10 - ‘‘establishing themselves as Australia’s ‘next big things…believe the hype’’
THROWSHAPES.COM
9 / 10 – ‘‘a stinking good job’’
WIRELESS BOLLINGER
8/ 10 – ‘‘the worthiest new Australian band ready to demand widespread attention and front on an international stage that deserves to hear, and revel in, these glorious pop songs.’’
Cloud Control Cover Kid Cudi on Triple J’s Like A Version
Cloud Control performed Kid Cudi’s ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ for Triple J’s Like A Version last week. It was rad!!!
Cloud Control’s Bliss Release out in Australia today!!!!
So we’re pretty excited about this. Cloud Control have been working on this album for about a year. It’s their first LP and without being biased, I think I can say it’s one of the best records I’ve heard in years. You can get it from iTunes or by heading to any local record store.
If you’re in Sydney tonight you can come and check the band out on the first of their album release shows. Oxford Arts Factory, Sydney.
Cloud Control to support Vampire Weekend
That’s right! Cloud Control are supporting Vampire Weekend on their Australian national tour. We’re ever so excited about this, as you imagine.
Tuesday 4 May, Palace Theatre – Melbourne 18+ SOLD OUT!
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Wednesday 5 May, Festival Hall – Melbourne ALL AGES
Ticketmaster.com.au 136100
Thursday 6 May, Adelaide Entertainment Centre – Theatre ALL AGES
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Tuesday 11 May, The Tivoli – Brisbane ALL AGES SOLD OUT!
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Wednesday 12 May, Enmore Theatre – Sydney ALL AGES SOLD OUT!
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Thursday 13 May, Hordern Pavilion – Sydney ALL AGES
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Sunday 16 May , Metro City – Perth – 18+ SOLD OUT!
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Cloud Control’s Bliss Release and National Album Tour
After months of anticipation, Cloud Control’s debut album is sure to be a Bliss Release!
Umbrella is also pleased to announce Cloud Control’s national tour in support of their brand new LP ‘Bliss Release’, hitting stores on May 14.
‘Bliss Release’ was recorded through 2009 and early 2010 and has so far offered two sublime singles, ‘Gold Canary’ and ‘This Is What I Said’. It took just four days to lay the bed tracks for the majority of the album, then eight long months of stolen evenings crafting this ethereal sound in bedrooms and family living rooms.
‘Bliss Release’ heralds a surprising and exciting new direction for the band, making it worthy of international recognition. ‘Gold Canary’ was chosen by UK voters as Single Of The Week on BBC6’s Rebel Playlist and influential British music website Drowned In Sound awarded Gold Canary ‘Single of the week’.
There was no love lost at home either, with local connoisseurs Mess and Noise proclaiming that “Gold Canary quickly assumes its place as one of the best Australian singles of the year”.
The band has also evolved into a triumphant live music beast supporting high profile acts such as Supergrass and Josh Pyke, as well as numerous national tours with the likes of The John Steel Singers, Leader Cheetah and Yves Klein Blue. To top it all off, in 2009 they were invited to play the Great Escape festival in the UK, where they performed alongside Kasabian, The XX, The Temper Trap, Peter, Bjorn & John and many more.
The band will be touring right throughout May and June with fellow psych pop compatriots Richard In Your Mind joining in on all dates.
You are cordially invited to this celebration, with tickets going on sale Monday 29th March, available at www.cloudcontrol.net.au and outlets listed below – Release the Bliss!
CLOUD CONTROL ‘BLISS RELEASE’ NATIONAL TOUR
With special guests Richard In Your Mind
ALL TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM http://cloudcontrol.oztix.com.au
13 May The Harp, Wollongong NSW www.oztix.com.au 1300 762 545 or direct from venue
14 May Oxford Art Factory, Sydney NSW www.moshtix.com.au, Moshtix Outlets 1300 GET TIX
15 May Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle NSW www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix Outlets or at venue
21 May Republic Bar, Hobart TAS www.moshtix.com.au, Moshtix Outlets, or 1300 GET TIX
22 May East Brunswick Club, Melbourne VIC www.eastbrunswickclub.com or EBC Box office 9388 9794
27 May Prince Of Wales, Bunbury WA ticketing info TBA
28 May Mojo’s, Freemantle, WA ticketing info TBA
29 May Amplifier Hotle, Perth, WA ticketing info TBA
2 June Beach Road Hotel, Sydney NSW Free Entry
4 June Clarendon Guesthouse, Katoomba NSW (02) 4782 1322 or www.clarendonguesthouse.com.au/enquiries.html
5 June Transit Bar, Canberra ACT www.moshtix.com.au, Moshtix Outlets, or 1300 GET TIX
11 June Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay NSW Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545 or venue: 6685 6454
12 June The Zoo, Brisbane QLD Oztix www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545
19 June Jive Bar, Adelaide SA www.moshtix.com.au, Moshtix Outlets, or 1300 GET TIX
Cloud Control new single – This Is What I Said
Cloud Control have released This Is What I Said, the second single from their forthcoming debut record Bliss Release.
It’s unreal! Check it out on their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/cloudcontrol
Cloud Control added to BBC Radio 6! Plus more cools!
Cloud Control have been added to rotation on BBC Radio 6 after Steve Lamacq added them to his Rebel Playlist. Listeners were able to email in and vote for which track they would like to see added. The people spoke and Gold Canary took out the title!
This has come after The Passport Label released Gold Canary as a 7” in the UK (available on pre-order now).
In addition to being added to rotation on BBC Radio 6, Gold Canary has been made single of the week on Drowned In Sound and single of the month on Subba Cultcha. Some really positive reviews have also been posted. Check ‘em out:
SINGLE OF THE WEEK ON DROWNED IN SOUND
“Cloud Control have a done a great, big, wonderful, many-bitted thing, so it is to their enormous credit that ‘Gold Canary’ is such a balmy, tender delight. From the sea-shanty, impossibly warm man-vocals that start it, to the psych-out at 01:30 in, to the yelps one cannot help singing along with, everything in this single works. You know, even if you get nose to nose with it and can see its gaping pores.”
SINGLE OF THE MONTH ON SUBBA-CULTCHA.COM
“A gorgeously complex mix of sounds and influences – choral chanting builds up whilst one of the most delicate and sumptuous melodies pours over it, the primal beat inspiring mass hand claps and whilst it doesn’t break a sweat to get your attention, the quixotic mix of ideas will certainly not leave you unmoved!”
From RECORD COLLECTOR (March 2010, Issue 373)
“File this Aussie combo somewhere between Animal Collective’s Beach Boys spin and the sophisticated pop shenanigans of The Shins… Gold Canary sports a psychedelic chant stomp that wouldn’t seem out of place on AC’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, unpeeling close harmonies like Panda Bear’s exquisite Person Pitch set, all brought together with a splash of bubbly antipodean charm.”
SCORED 8/10 ON THIS IS FAKE DIY
”Tribal chanting, shrieking and whooping provide the backdrop for singer Alister Wright’s raw and imperfectly honest voice on the new single from Sydney songsters Cloud Control. Prepare to be hypnotized as low male voices, a steady drumbeat and intermittent handclaps that wouldn’t have been out of place on the Lion King soundtrack transport you to another world. You can just envision enrobed African men shifting and swaying on the red ground – that is, until rocky electric guitars erupt into the tune from nowhere and jolt you out of the daydream. It’s a weird yet surprisingly pleasant sensation: several different influences are at work here that shouldn’t really fit together, but the combination is mesmerizing.”
Seekae, Danimals and Spruce Lee Remix Cloud Control’s Gold Canary
A few remixes of Cloud Control’s Gold Canary have been floating around the internet. There are three of them and they’re all AMAZING. Seekae, Danimals and Spruce Lee all mashed up the track and we’re pleased to be able to present them to you now.
Gold Canary (Danimals NYC Bagel Remix)
Gold Canary (Spruce Lee Remix)
We also redid the Gold Canary film clip for the Seekae remix! Amazing!
Cloud Control touring Australia with Yves Klein Blue
About The Future!
Cloud Control will be supporting Yves Klein Blue on their national tour titled ‘About The Future’. Shows will cover NSW, QLD, VIC, SA, WA and Tassy.
Cloud Control can barely contain their excitement and are eager to preview some new material from their upcoming album. Details and dates below. Any questions can be directed to joel@umbrellamusics.com.
Download the media release from Yves Klein Blue.
Fri 5th March: Hotel New York, Launceston
(WITH THE STOICS)
Mojo Music, Launceston: (03) 6334 5677; Red Hot CDs, Devonport: (03) 6424 9816, Collectors Corner, Burnie: (03) 6431 6616
Sat 6th March: Republic Bar, Hobart
(WITH THE STOICS)
Moshtix: 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849; www.moshtix.com.au, Venue: (03) 6234 6954; www.republicbar.com
Fri 12th March: Settlers Tavern, Margaret River
Heatseeker: www.heatseeker.com..au, beach life, blue 62, Moshtix: www.moshtix.com.au, 1300 GET TIX (438 849)
Sat 13th March: Amplifier Bar, Perth
(WITH SCOTCH OF SAINT JAMES)
Heatseeker: www.heatseeker.com.au, Mills Records, Planet Video, Moshtix: www.moshtix.com.au, 1300 GET TIX (438 849)
Sun 14th March: Mojo’s, Fremantle
(WITH SCOTCH OF SAINT JAMES)
Heatseeker: www.heatseeker.com.au, Mills Records, Planet Video, Moshtix: www.moshtix.com.au, 1300 GET TIX (438 849)
Wed 17th March: Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Oztix: 1300 762 545; www.oztix.com.au; Venue: (03) 5332 9122; New Generation: (03) 5333 2444
Thurs 18th March: Barwon Club, Geelong
Venue Box Office: (03) 5221 4584
Fri 19th March: Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Venue Box Office: (03) 9427 9198; www.cornerhotel.com
Sat 20th March: Adelaide Uni O Ball
On campus or Venuetix: (08) 8225 8888; www.venuetix.com.au
Thurs 8th April: Waves, Wollongong
Moshtix: www.moshtix.com.au, 1300 GET TIX (438 849)
Fri 9th April: Mona Vale Hotel, Northern Beaches
Moshtix: www.moshtix.com.au, 1300 GET TIX (438 849)
Sat 10th April: Oxford Art Factory, Sydney ALL AGES SHOW doors at 4:30pm
Moshtix: www.moshtix.com.au, 1300 GET TIX (438 849)
Sat 17th April: The Old Museum, Brisbane ALL AGES LICENSED SHOW
Oztix: 1300 762 545; www.oztix.com.au
Sun 18th April: Neverland Bar, Gold Coast
Moshtix: 1300 GET TIX (438 849); www.moshtix.com.au, Oztix: 1300 762 545; www.oztix.com.au
