Controllar: "Girl" live in Bucharest

Amsterdam based post-rockers Controllar will be releasing their new digital single Girl in the near future. It starts out a gentle song evolving into heavy-handed rock song, a female fronted Black Sabbath kind of monster with equal parts of impending doom and women's lib. They have posted a live video of the track. It was shot by Mihai Cucu in Bucharest, Romania. Audio by Sofamix.

Live dates:

• 04/24 Dark Sound Destructive Pop @ Falmouth University, Penryn (15.00)
• 04/27 The Victoria (Dalston), London

They are trying to put together on a last minute show in Amsterdam or Rotterdam on April 28th.

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HCTF review of Only Strangers Are Normal.

Controllar: live @ 1st Ave in Minneapolis

Amsterdam based post-rockers Controllar performed a couple of shows as a duo in the US. Watch a video that was filmed @ 1st Ave in Minneapolis. They working on the follow-up for their Only Strangers Are Normal album.

Live dates:

• 04/23-25 Dark Sound Destructive Pop @ Falmouth University, Penryn
• 04/27 The Victoria (Dalston), London

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HCTF review of Only Strangers Are Normal.

Controllar: "Only Strangers Are Normal" CD release party

Amsterdam based post-rock trio Controllar will celebrate the release of their Only Strangers Are Normal with a minimal electro - acoustic setup at Splendor on October 9th. Also on the bill: harpist Miriam Overlach and pop band Monokino.

• 10/09 Splendor, Amsterdam

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HCTF review of Only Strangers Are Normal.

Controllar: on tour in Romania, "Kicksin" video

Amsterdam based American/Israeli trio Controllar is doing four club shows in Romania, performing songs from their forthcoming avant-rock album Only Strangers Are Normal. They have a video for Kicksin. The kaleidoscopic effects are in sync with the track's backbeat. Editing must have been a bitch.

Live dates:

• 05/20 Control Club - Bucharest
• 05/21 Bohemian Flow Art&Pub - Sibiu
• 05/22 Club Flex Arad - Arad
• 05/23 The Shelter - Cluj

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HCTF review of Only Strangers Are Normal.

Controllar: Only Strangers Are Normal

Electronic post-rock trio Controllar is the kind of band that will scare lovers of mainstream fodder, raised on a diet of predictable chord changes and moon-june lyrics.

Based in Amsterdam, the American/Israeli indie-rock trio doesn't settle for just playing a song on their forthcoming album Only Strangers Are Normal, but go for it with everything they've got. Which is quite a lot. Hooks is propelled forward by freaky operatic vocals, handfuls of discords and loud-as-fuck drums. The doom-laden Belong sounds like Siouxsie and The Banshees on a highly illegal substance. Lead single Again Again moves in slow motion. David Cronenberg could use it for the opening credits for one of his movies.

Only Strangers Are Normal is like an onion. Layers are heaped upon layers, weaving a magical musical tapestry that can actually fly. Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

Controllar:
Anat Spiegel: vocals, guitar
Gur Spiegel: drums
Thomas Myrmel: bass, programming

Only Strangers Are Normal is ready to go out in the world, mastered and all. No set date for the release as yet. The single Again Again is available on Bandcamp. Pre-release masters of all tracks can be found on Soundcloud.

Tracks:

1. Again Again
2. Kicksin
3. Nectar
4. Hands
5. Sweet & Sticky
6. Hooks
7. Belong
8. Oak

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