Recorded by Lara Soulio Filmed by Greg Campbell www.BalconyTVMelbourne.com 'Like' us on Facebook - http PRESENTED BY HOLLY BALL BROUGH TO YOU BY PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL, PRINCE BANDROOM - www.princebandroom.com.au MISCREANT RECORDINGS - http Hey, we're Cloud Control. We met in High School. We grew up in the Blue Mountains and we always get asked about that. It might influence us a little bit being from there, maybe it just makes us more chilled. We got together to enter a band competition and we weren't that great but somehow there was always something that kept us going - community radio, local clubs, friends we made on the scene and the desire to make a record that we would listen to. In 2011 our first album Bliss Release won the Australian Music Prize (like the Mercury but more antipodean) and we've been touring ever since. In the last year we played at festivals like Reading, Leeds, SXSW, Latitude, Field Day, Splendour in the Grass and more all over the world. Apart from g! oing it alone we've supported some really great bands like Vampire Weekend, Arcade Fire, Local Natives, Supergrass and The Drums. Sometimes people will say we sound similar to a certain band but they can never agree on which band. For example a person will say "Oh yeah you guys sound just like the Go-Betweens" but then someone else will say "Wow, you're really into Talking Heads". As far as style goes, the only thing the four of us have in common is that we like to record on tape, mostly with roomy ...
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