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[ Interview with Liam Hart from Control of the Going by Diego Centuriรณn ]

WE ARE STRONGER UNITED AND TOGETHER

It has come to my hands the debut single of Control of the

Ste Ackley on the last rhythm guitar who generally gets a dar-

Going, called “She”. And having heard it again and again, I have

ker sound with a bit more distortion. All three of these mixed

been left with the sounds of these two songs in my head, I con-

together create a really interesting blend, or at least we hope! On

tacted the band to do this interview.

bass we have Tom Sillitoe, he also chips in with acoustic guitar when we play stripped down sets and he also sings too. On

It's rare to think of an interview for a debut single. But as I

keyboard/tambourine we have Minesh Mistry. He really is an

said in the introduction to this interview, I can’t stop listening

underestimated part of the band, he fills out the middle of the

to the two songs in "repeat" mode. And we took advantage of

sound, dips in and out and just generally creates havoc through

this contact to make known the Latin American audience to the

the tool of sound. Last but least we have Matt Byrne on drums.

band. The first question has to do with identity. Why the name

Again another multi-instrumentalist, Matt is by trade a rhythm

of the band?

guitar player, but as per needs of the band, he has become the

The name “Control Of The Going” derives from who we are

backbone and the control in “Control Of The Going”.

all are as young people growing up in the suburbs of East Manchester. Throughout all of our lives we have struggled to get

In their bandcamp, they are defined as "An eclipse formed

to where we are now, and at times it has seemed that we have

from surreal psychedelia with rock and roll overtones". For tho-

been prevented from achieving something meaningful, and so-

se who do not know them yet, how would they define Control

metimes to even live our lives the way we want to. Therefore,

Of The Going in terms of sonority and concept?

“Control Of The Going” is about banding together to make so-

This is probably the hardest question so far. What you will

mething special as a group, rather than going it alone, because

get from us musically, is a quintessentially familiar sound but

ultimately; we are stronger united and together.

with a new feel to it. To summarise, catchy guitar licks, something to sing along to and hopefully you'll get a couple of our songs stuck in your head for days to come... It was intentional

What are your influences? And how much does it affect you

for that to happen!

when it comes to composing? And not because that is bad, I want to make it clear. We are influenced by many bands, new and old. And our music taste doesn't fit solely into psychedelia and rock and roll either. Although arguably we love our psychedelic rock and roll,

A new generation of psychedelic bands is coming to light. How do you feel among emerging bands? Quite frankly, on behalf of all of us, we're absolutely flattered to considered as part of the new generation, thank you!

I can be found listening to delta blues one day and the Beatles the next. My brother and fellow guitarist Ashley is the same,

I have seen that many things upload to their social networks.

one day I will find him listening to northern soul and then the

And we are in the age of the visual. How do you deal with this

next, the Beach Boys.

fast pace of social networking, where all the time you have to be

While all of the above have an important impact on us, I fir-

"present" for the fans?

mly believe it’s the music around us which influences us the

Social media is something we have tried to embrace as it has

most. Fellow Manchester bands like the Watchmakers, Purple

enabled us to reach far and wide to all of our fans all across the

Heart Parade, Freakout Honey and Hey Bulldog have always

world. It is dynamic and it does take many hours of the day to

spurred us on to make more music, and have even collaborated

organize, but it is a huge asset to us and it is worth every single

with us from time to time too.

second we put into it. Put simply, we love social media, get in

I promise you guys this, you can expect some really cool collaborations coming for our upcoming album as we just love

touch with us, we're all really friendly and want to get to know all of our fans!

working with other musicians. One of the precepts of the art of psychedelia is that art must The band is a sextet with three guitars. How is the composition work? Since they are several members.

reflect the soul. Do you see your gaze of the life reflected in your songs?

Firstly the guitar section is: me (Liam Hart), I play lead guitar

As a primary songwriter in Control Of The Going, my music

mainly and sing, my brother Ashley Hart plays rhythm guitar

is deeply personal and much of it is biographical, or a personal

and lead from time to time with a brighter sound, then there's

observation of the world based on what I have experienced. To

quote one of our new tracks which should be on the upcoming

We're playing a few dates in England over the next few mon-

album "A new dawn sky, is a reflection of the life we live"; music

ths to keep us going, but we are tied to Manchester for the next

is a reflection of my life and my soul. I hope that comes across

few months as we chip away at the album. Once it is fully recor-

in how we perform our music as a band.

ded, expect to see more dates throughout the United Kingdom. Once it is released we would love to get on an overseas tour for

SWe know the debut album will be released in September un-

the first time. We're targeting Europe at the moment, but we are

der Wrong Way Records. Is it already recorded, what process is

aware that we have an increasing fan base in the United States

the album in? Already have title? What can you tell us?

of America. It would be the dream to get over there one day! Ri-

So, we're launching our single as of tomorrow Saturday 4th March and the next week we are going into the studio to begin

ght now, we will have to see. Hopefully if the album does well, we will be able to do all of the above.

recording for our album. We haven't settled on a name yet, but we have selected which tracks will be on the album. I can't as of right now say what exactly will be on it, but I can say that there

To close this interview. This last space you can say what you want.

is a great deal of new tracks on there that will be kept secret un-

Thank you so much for getting in touch with us, I really en-

til release date. There will also be some familiar tracks on the-

joyed your questions. Also thank you so much to our fans and

re and some collaboration with our friends in other bands too!

our label Wrong Way Records!

What plans are there for this 2017, in addition to the release of the album?

Thank you. Surely we'll meet again for the album's output.

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