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Cloud Control
Genre: Indie, Pop
Region: Sydney, NSW
Members: Al Wright- Guitar, Vox, Heidi Lenffer- Keys, Vox, Jeremy K- Bass, Ulrich Lenffer- Drums
Sounds Like: Midlake, Fleetwood Mac, The Go-Betweens

Unearthed Artists We Like: Cuthbert and the Night Walkers


When the mother of guitarist Alister Wright banned him from playing Counter Strike and signed him up for the local musical to make some friends, Mamma Wright claimed she only did what any mother would have done. It was, however, an act of exemplary parenting that would be applauded in child-rearing manuals for years to come.

From his back-row position in the chorus of Pirates of Penzance, Alister could see that the production team was having issues with the shaggy-haired lighting man Ulrich Lenffer, whose need to hit things rhythmically made him useless at following the director's cues. When Ulrich escaped back-stage for some time out, he befriended disillusioned bass player Jeremy Kelshaw, who was sulking in the green room because the conductor had confiscated his phuzz pedal. They were soon joined by Ulrich's sister Heidi Lenffer, who appeared concerned, not as much by the pirate costume she was wearing, as by the earnest faces of broken men.

She sat down to commiserate, and the three haunched figures swapped sorry tales beside the vending machine.

Jeremy was a frustrated creative visionary trying to channel his musical ambitions through his quad box; Ulrich's compulsion for making beats had plagued him like an involuntary twitch; and Heidi had forced herself to attempt acting in an effort to lose the piano-nerd stereotype. It did not take long for Alister- eavesdropping from the stalls- to join the forum, confessing that all he had ever really wanted to do was 'rock out'.
And so it was; the stars had aligned to make Cloud Control. Ten songs were written in the space of as many days, and the Blue Mountains have been slowly eroding from the stampede of merry punters ever since...



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Vintage Books
rating:  5/5
This song hooks me in from the very first jangle of the guitar and won't ever let me go. I love the hook-lyric of the chorus "Before you close the b...
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Into The Line
rating:  4/5
This is a massive departure from the other two songs on offering, although perhaps for fitting for the bands name. This is an ambient laid back exper...
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Vintage Books
rating:  5/5
Sounds like Country meets punk, and it works rather well. The music has the dirty and simple punk like riffs with interesting country undertones. The...
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Buffalo Country
rating:  4/5
A great mix of country and indie sounds sounding like what the Go-Betweens might have if they decided to go Country and Western. The song is very cat...
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