Cloud Control - Dream Cave (11/11/2013)
Cloud Control have already made headway in the Indie music scene with the Blue Mountains four piece currently touring Europe and are all booked for the 2014 St Jerome’s Laneway Festival. It’s no surprise with their latest album, Dream Cave. It taking music lovers into another dimension just by using sound to create a psychedelic journey through a mysterious cave.
The first song off the track, Scream Rave, starts off with sounds that make you question that your CD may possible have been scratched. But once the fog dispenses the sounds can be picked up as an odd but enticing sound. It’s only a short song, but it definitely kicks off the concept of Dream Cave. Their next track, Dojo Rising, presents us with some soft-rock percussion and layered vocals. The chorus has a great hook with the jangly guitar pulling it together for a good track. It’s not surprising it was released as a single ahead of their album.
The heavy bass in Promises really pull the song along mixing well with the 80s ballad type singing style. The guitar solo within the track leaves some sort of taste of Vegas but also seems to have the same structure of a waltz. The song definitely stands out. Moonrabbit has more of the distorted guitar that has been presented throughout the album. It also showcases the 80s style singing that they are nailing in most of their tracks.
Island Living is a psychedelic sonic landscape which is indeed very intriguing. There is something both mysterious and catchy about this song. It leaves one wanting more. The next track, The Smoke, The Feeling, had an incredible amount of synths that mixed with the choir like singing. Definitely reminiscent of the 80s New Wave. Like the title of the track, it leaves a hazy feeling that is not soon forgotten.
Scar has more of the 80s synths that they have used throughout the album, but has a fuller chorus with their jangly guitars and a full percussion. Happy Birthday is a more earthy track and tells the hard truth to people that still believe that birthdays are good, the lyrics “I hate my birthday” being oh so true. It also has a crazy guitar solo during the track that seems to pull the song together. Ice Age Heatwave seems to hold the same synths but tone down on the radical sound effects.
Tombstone has distorted voices and mixed sounds that morph into a fantastic track. The sound of their grungy guitar really brings a mysterious vibe to the song. The title track, Dream Cave, has sounds of water which paints a picture of water dripping from stalactite to stalagmite and echoing off the cavern walls. Besides the real-sound backing of water, the song holds an older ballad and waltz feel.
Overall, Cloud Control seem to have really fallen far into the Dream Cave, and its result is something a little bit quirky and something a little bit fantastic. While the album might not be packing a full punch, it definitely leaves something to be desired.
Elizabeth Alderslade
The first song off the track, Scream Rave, starts off with sounds that make you question that your CD may possible have been scratched. But once the fog dispenses the sounds can be picked up as an odd but enticing sound. It’s only a short song, but it definitely kicks off the concept of Dream Cave. Their next track, Dojo Rising, presents us with some soft-rock percussion and layered vocals. The chorus has a great hook with the jangly guitar pulling it together for a good track. It’s not surprising it was released as a single ahead of their album.
The heavy bass in Promises really pull the song along mixing well with the 80s ballad type singing style. The guitar solo within the track leaves some sort of taste of Vegas but also seems to have the same structure of a waltz. The song definitely stands out. Moonrabbit has more of the distorted guitar that has been presented throughout the album. It also showcases the 80s style singing that they are nailing in most of their tracks.
Island Living is a psychedelic sonic landscape which is indeed very intriguing. There is something both mysterious and catchy about this song. It leaves one wanting more. The next track, The Smoke, The Feeling, had an incredible amount of synths that mixed with the choir like singing. Definitely reminiscent of the 80s New Wave. Like the title of the track, it leaves a hazy feeling that is not soon forgotten.
Scar has more of the 80s synths that they have used throughout the album, but has a fuller chorus with their jangly guitars and a full percussion. Happy Birthday is a more earthy track and tells the hard truth to people that still believe that birthdays are good, the lyrics “I hate my birthday” being oh so true. It also has a crazy guitar solo during the track that seems to pull the song together. Ice Age Heatwave seems to hold the same synths but tone down on the radical sound effects.
Tombstone has distorted voices and mixed sounds that morph into a fantastic track. The sound of their grungy guitar really brings a mysterious vibe to the song. The title track, Dream Cave, has sounds of water which paints a picture of water dripping from stalactite to stalagmite and echoing off the cavern walls. Besides the real-sound backing of water, the song holds an older ballad and waltz feel.
Overall, Cloud Control seem to have really fallen far into the Dream Cave, and its result is something a little bit quirky and something a little bit fantastic. While the album might not be packing a full punch, it definitely leaves something to be desired.
Elizabeth Alderslade