Cloud Control & Leader Cheetah

Overview

There must be something in the water in the Blue Mountains, or maybe it's in the fresh air, or maybe they go down to Penrif to get it? This substance either breeds talented hip hop artists or sunny and melodic popsters. Cloud Control, one such group of popsters have been doing some fantastic stuff over the course of the last few years. 

The single which brought them to most people's attentions was Death Cloud, a fantastically jangly and intricate gem with obscure lyrics, big hooks and harmonies. Gold Canary sees the group continuing the obscure lyrics with singer and head sonsgmith Alister Wright declaring, "I would like to to buy you a gold canary" over the top of a slow groove, while the rest of the band nah-nah-way-oh like Christians around the campfire. This tune is the forerunner to their debut album which comes out next year on Ivy League.

The Cloudies are co-headlining this tour with Adelaide's Leader Cheetah who play a similar jangly pop, but lean their sound a bit more towards country, with some tasty slide guitar and singer Dan Crannitches Neil Young-esque vocal twang over the top. It should be an evening of fine tunes in the inner west.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=kDULAuG8FgA