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"Fly" included in The Controversy's second album "Don't Count On Me". The Los Angeles electronic art-pop duo invites you on a journey through intricate electronic beats, psychedelic ambiance and unusual pop melodies. With U&I Magazine naming their single "Queen of Chinatown" as #1 Single of 2014, FourCulture Magazine proclaiming the band as one of the Best Artist of 2014 and recent features and premieres on Buzzbands LA, Free Bike Valet Magazine, The Deli Magazine, Polari UK, Impose Magazine, there's expectation being build around the duo's second album "Don't Count On Me", to be released on February 2015.
Originally from Spain and Denmark, The Controversy's sound is influenced by artists like St Vincent, Beck, Air, Miike Snow, Portishead, Bjork and Massive Attack and has been described as a "seamless mash up of electronica with psychedelic rock". The Controversy has released two singles ("Queen of Chinatown" and "Two Voices") from their upcoming second album and will release a third one, “You Know” on January 12th.
lyrics
Fly, fly
I wanna run,
Holding my hands high,
Shake it all away.
Scream like the devils' sent
As I'm a castaway.
And like there's no tomorrow,
Nor yesterday,
Just today.
I wanna jump,
I wanna play it all the way.
And fly
Fly
I wanna sing
Top of my lungs
You wanna sing with me?
Dance like a mad man
As you've always seen me do
Roll on the floor
Asking for more
Don't matter where I go
And laugh the loudest,
Let them stare,
They just don't dare.
And fly
Fly
Don't break me now
Don't break me now
Don't break me
Don't break me now
Don't break me now
Don't break me
I wanna go
A thousand places
Like never before
I wanna live this life,
Ride it all the way
Never look back
Keep running fast
No need to catch my breath
I'm gonna sing
Top of my lungs
Come sing with me.
And fly
Fly
credits
from Don't Count On Me,
released February 10, 2015
Written by The Controversy (Thomas Hjorth & Laura Vall)
Lead and backup vocals by Laura Vall
Guitars, bass and backup vocals by Thomas Hjorth
Drums and percussion programming by Thomas Hjorth & Laura Vall
Strings and synth programming by Thomas Hjorth & Laura Vall
Drums by Jesper Kristensen
Produced by The Controversy
Recorded @ Velvet Mind Studios, Silver Lake, CA except drums recorded by Mehdi Hassine @ Musicians Institute Studios, Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Velvet Mind Productions with additional mixing by Mehdi Hassine
Mastered by Audio Animals, UK.
Influenced by David Bowie, Massive Attack, St Vincent, and Radiohead, The Controversy's music is a seamless mash up of
electronica with psychedelic rock. Their album, "Don't Count On Me," was been named an "electronic art-pop masterpiece", featured on KCRW and named "Queen of Chinatown" their #1 Single of the year. Bandcamp describes the album as "moody pop music that's turning heads."...more
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