Press
“Sublime…” **** The Times, ”Stunning…” **** The Guardian, ”Thrilling…” **** BBC, “The sound of the summer… ” **** Q Magazine, “Intimate and epic…” **** The Independent, “Breezy Summery Pop…” **** Sunday Times Culture, “A blissful debut…” **** THE FLY, “Extraordinary..” - Independent on Sunday, “Euphoric…” - Shortlist Magazine.
Radio
The singles have had great daytime and evening plays on Radio 1 on Greg James, Huw Stephens, Nick Grimshaw and Zane Lowe shows. Also great support and plays from Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley on Radio 2 gave the album a great review on her show.
Radio DJs across the stations have fallen in love with the band:
6music CC are the most played track on 6music!! Bliss Release was the album of the day on release date, they have playlisted all the singles so far, been Lauren Laverne’s mpfree of the day and the band were also on the Roundtable panel. The current single is on the A list and also playlisted at XFM (John Kennedy Session here), NME Radio and Q Radio (Record of the Week here).
Press
The band have garnered rave live reviews from their recent SOLD OUT headline London show at XOYO, Camden Crawl and Live at Leeds and their month-long residency at The Social in London, including including 4* reviews in the Evening Standard, The Guardian and The Times and Clash Magazine. Click to view Press Pack
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ALBUM REVIEWS: 8/10 in Clash, 4* in Q, The Times, Sunday Times and The Guardian, 7/10 in the Sun and Drowned in Sound, 3/5 in The Fly, Evening Standard and Daily Mirror, 6/10 in NME and a good review from The Financial Times and the BBC.
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Positive Single Reviews across the board in The Sun, The Fly, NME, News of The World (Single of the Week), Time Out, Clash.
The band have racked up plaudits from all the major music magazines as well as the daily broadsheets. Here is a snippet from their impressive and steadily growing quotesheet!
“an ethereal mélange of dreamy boy-girl harmonies, tribal incantations and swirling guitars – an Outback counterpart to US acts Avi Buffalo and Fleet Foxes.” – Q Magazine
“The sound of the summer arrives from down under” **** – Q Magazine (Album Review)
“If you’re looking for the bands of the future, then Cloud Control would seem likely contenders… they have taken the elegant folk harmonies of Fleet Foxes and Mumford & Sons, and given them a boot up the backside with great whooshes of psychedelic rock. Their sound is at once serious and joyful, intimate and epic. They deserve to be huge.” **** – The Independent (Live Review)
“gorgeous…ethereal yet earthy Australian outfit Cloud Control. With stunning four-part harmonies that recall The Mamas And The Papas or Belle And Sebastian, it’s a sunny-sounding, magical performance with shades of psychedelia, jangly guitar, handclaps and sweet boy/girl voices chiming together elegantly.” – Daily Mail (Live Review)
“… Expansive outback psychedelia … Analogue production, glossy harmonies and combustible guitars make Bliss Release a joy to behold.” – **** THE FLY
“…A blissful debut.” **** THE FLY (Live Review)
“Blending the sunshine of the Mamas and the Papas with Jefferson Airplane’s boy-girl blues, Cloud Control produce stunning three- and four-part harmonies that sends band and fans into a frenzy of joyful dancing.” – **** The Guardian (Live Review)
“Their warm psych-folk sound has the potential for worldwide appeal.” – **** The Evening Standard (Live Review)
“A fantastic sun-frazzled album set to soundtrack quite a few barbies” – Shortlist (Album Review)
“Zingier than a squirt of lime to the eyeballs.” – THE NME (Live Review)
Features
- Metro Ones to Watch,
- Time Out Critic’s Choice,
- NME Radar 2 page feature,
- New to Q 2 page feature,
- Fashion.Music.Style 2 page feature,
- Clash Ones to Watch,
- The Fly Ones to Watch,
- Evening Standard Ones to Watch,
- Artrocker Ones to Watch,
- Independent positive live review from Great Escape.
Online
“this Australian four piece may just deserve to soundtrack the summer” – AOL
“Cloud Control have made a tremendously enjoyable album” – Drowned In Sound
Plenty of impressive features on key websites including an NME Acoustic Session, BBC Introducing homepage feature, AOL Ones to Watch, MSN Ones to Watch, RCRDLBL exclusive on There’s Nothing In The Water We Can’t Fight (Breton remix), The Fly In The Courtyard Session, Esquire video feature, Watch Listen Tell Session, Balcony TV Session, This is Fake DIY Session.
Positive single reviews on nme.com, drowned in Sound, Muso’s Guide, Clash, The Fly. Latest live reviews below:
Clash Music
“probably one of the last opportunities the four-piece will get to see the whites of the audience’s eyes”
http://www.clashmusic.com/live-review/cloud-control-live
This is Fake DIY
“Definitely a soundtrack for the summer”
http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/live/cloud-control-xoyo-london
The Line of Best Fit
“their British invasion is well underway”
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2011/04/cloud-control-xoyo-london-130411/
