The Australian Cloud Control recorded some parts of Dream Cave, their second album, in...a cave in England. It’s audible in the reverb and drips of water that ornament the title track, and the record’s dark aftertaste. “I hate my own birthday”, we hear in “Happy Birthday”. It is more striking, however, that this psycho-pop band, which on its debut blended Fleet Foxes with Tame Impala, has expanded its soundscape with electronica.
Cloud Control: Dream Cave
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Dream cave pop (Ivy League/Pias)
The first single, “Dojo Rising”, goes easy on the laptop drums, but “Island Living” and “The Smoke, the Feeling” resolutely opt for synth-pop. That’s not a bad move as such, but there is quite a stark clash between those songs and the sunny harmonies suffused in West Coast pop for which this band is famous, and which are still plentiful on Dream Cave. Thanks to the infectious part singing of Alister Wright and Heidi Lenffer, “Moonrabbit” sounds like it could have been a song by The Mamas & the Papas, and “Promises” is the hit that The Animals forgot to write. Lots of talent, good songs, but this is a transitional album. Cloud Control needs to choose what band it wants to be.
1/10, 19.30, €13/16, Botanique, www.botanique.be
Dream cave pop (Ivy League/Pias)
The first single, “Dojo Rising”, goes easy on the laptop drums, but “Island Living” and “The Smoke, the Feeling” resolutely opt for synth-pop. That’s not a bad move as such, but there is quite a stark clash between those songs and the sunny harmonies suffused in West Coast pop for which this band is famous, and which are still plentiful on Dream Cave. Thanks to the infectious part singing of Alister Wright and Heidi Lenffer, “Moonrabbit” sounds like it could have been a song by The Mamas & the Papas, and “Promises” is the hit that The Animals forgot to write. Lots of talent, good songs, but this is a transitional album. Cloud Control needs to choose what band it wants to be.
1/10, 19.30, €13/16, Botanique, www.botanique.be
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