Hailing from the beautiful Blue Mountains near Sydney, Cloud Control released one of 2011′s best albums in Bliss Release. An instantly likeable record that made me wish it had been released when I was 16 and the summer days were stretched out before me. It’s simply packed with harmonic, 60s influenced, psych-pop and all-round indie guitar goodness with sublime vocals splattered all over; second song There’s Nothing In The Water We Can’t Fight alone took me about 6 listens before I allowed the needle to roll on.
They recently won the Australian Music Prize, which, given the amount of great bands always on the go down there, is quite an achievement. They’ve played support to Arcade Fire, been to SXSW and appeared at Australia’s biggest festival, Big Day Out, aswell as Germany’s very own Hurricane and Southside Festivals. So it’s fair to say that we’re dealing with future indie big-hitters here, which is why it is a bit surprising to see them arriving for their second show in Berlin, but at Comet? Hopefully it will be their last at a small venue and we can look forward to seeing them let their sound spread out in a larger hall next time. That said, I’ll see you there anyway.
Here’s This Is What I Said and a live version of Death Cloud:
…plus support act Main Fear Love…
