Distinguished alternative rock band Cloud Control are elated to announce a string of tour dates across May-June in celebration of their debut album, ‘Bliss Release’s 15 year anniversary.
Today’s announcement also marks the news of a limited edition 15th anniversary pressing of ‘Bliss Release’ via Mushroom Music on May 23 – the first Australian vinyl pressing ever. Arriving with two environmentally conscious variants: a black biovinyl and multi-coloured recycled vinyl available for pre-order now. PRE-ORDER VINYL HERE.
‘Bliss Release’ is a seminal record in the Australian music canon and launch pad for Cloud Control, the Blue Mountains band who soundtracked a generation. Known for their lush harmonies and psych-folk sound, Al Wright, Heidi Lenffer and Ulrich Lenffer, will reunite with founding bassist Jeremy Kelshaw to perform ‘Bliss Release’ front to back across May-June – the first time in over a decade, in tribute to the album that opened the world for them.
Cloud Control share “Making music with mates and family has always been the heart of what we’re about, and having the chance to perform these songs again with our brother Jez back on board is so special, and something we hadn’t counted on being possible. Bliss Release is the album that cracked the world open for our band. We love what we created with this record. It’s a time capsule and a friend. If it also means something to you, we want to share the love collectively with everyone who wants to lean in with us.” For Jeremy, “Making music with friends remains a mysterious and intoxicating pleasure. May we all find our reasons to be human, and remember, love is the best.”
Making waves everywhere in 2010, ‘Bliss Release’ scoured critical acclaim from all corners: the Australian Music Prize, AIR’s Independent Album Of The Year, an fbi.radio SMAC Award and ARIA nominations for their anthems Gold Canary and There’s Nothing In The Water We Can’t Fight, that reached #18 in the triple j Hottest 100 and Just For Now would feature in the Magic Mike movie soundtrack. ‘Bliss Release’ took the outfit to Laneway Festival, Meredith, Splendour In The Grass and beyond, establishing Cloud Control as a staple across Australian festival line ups long into their career.
With a reputation as a formidable live band, the group would go on to support major acts as Supergrass, Vampire Weekend, Weezer, Metronomy, The Drums, Foo Fighters, Local Natives and even relocating to London to tour extensively across the US and Europe – a testament to Cloud Control’s live resume, with much of the album that catapulted them coming together against a backdrop of bars and band rooms in Sydney. Come May-June, ‘Bliss Release’s 15 year anniversary tour presents an opportunity to retrace and celebrate one of the country’s lauded acts’ breakout moment.
As part of the band’s commitment to creating an environmental legacy off the back of this tour, Cloud Control have partnered with FEAT.’s “Solar Slice” touring initiative so that $1 from each ticket will fund a ground-breaking, indigenous-led biodiversity regeneration program on Lungtalanana (Clarke Island), an 8,200 hectare island north of Tasmania. This is a multi-stakeholder partnership led by the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre and supported by GreenCollar, WWF, and FEAT. This project aims to restore the degraded habitat of key native species, and re-introduce animals including the Bass Strait wombat and long-nosed potoroo. The band will be sharing more on this project in the tour lead up.
‘BLISS RELEASE’ 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY VINYL
Released May 23 via Mushroom Music – PRE-ORDER HERE
CLOUD CONTROL
‘Bliss Release’ 15 Year Anniversary Tour
General on sale available Thu 20 March from 10AM AEDT – SIGN UP HERE
Fri 30 May – Princess Theatre, Meanjin / Brisbane
Sat 31 May – Northcote Theatre, Naarm / Melbourne
Sat 7 Jun – Freo.Social, Walyalup / Fremantle
Fri 20 Jun – Enmore Theatre, Eora / Sydney
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