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"Neon Sign" included 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
Like a neon sign
Always in front of me like a neon sign
Glowing in front of me like a neon sign
Like a neon sign
How could I have been so blind for so long, so long
You are still in your mind not knowing how come, how come
I woke up, I woke up
Never asked to be your doll, why did you fool me, fool me?
Your need to control the world, won’t let you see you chocked me
I woke up, I woke up
Like a neon sign
How could I have been so blind
How could I have been so blind
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 and bass 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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