Control Of The Going - Reflections EP

Control Of The Going today release their new EP Reflections, their first new material since their debut album I Love You But It's Going To Rain. Their new line-up captures much of what made people fall for their debut, but also demonstrates that they're a band moving forwards in developing their sound.

Control Of The Going - Interview

Control Of The Going return on Friday with a new EP called Reflections, a series of songs recorded before front man Liam Hart relocated to Chicago last year. We talk about the songs on the EP and how the transatlantic distance between Illinois and Tameside hasn't dampened their creative spark.

EXCLUSIVE : Control Of The Going - Reflection

With front man Liam Hart moving to the USA last year, it looked like things had come to a close for Control Of The Going. But before he departed, the latest incarnation of the band recorded an EP entitled Reflections that they plan to release next month. We're delighted to be able to reveal the (almost) title track of the EP entitled Reflection.

EVEN THE STARS TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2018 - 20 to 11

The list that no one was waiting for. Over the next two days we reveal our top twenty albums of the year. Regular readers of the blog won't be surprised by many of these choices of course, but as we keep telling people we do this to champion music we love not to be hipster or with it or even politically correct. We start today with numbers twenty to eleven.

Control Of The Going / The Cosmics / Hey Bulldog - Manchester Night People (Sonderfest) - 29th September 2018

The Friday night of Sonderfest saw bands spread out across venues in the Oxford Road area of Manchester. We went along to Night People for late sets from Hey Bulldog, The Cosmics and a valedictory performance from Control Of The Going.

Control Of The Going - Manchester Night People - 1st September 2018

As the current phase of the ever-changing collective that is Control Of The Going comes to an end, they played their last non-festival set at Night People on Saturday night.

Control Of The Going / Katie O'Malley / Hey Bulldog / Vanity Box / Slack Alices - Altrincham Honey Beat / Ashton-Under-Lyne Witchwood - 23/24th February 2018

Control Of The Going launched their debut album I Love You, But It's Going To Rain with two very different shows over the weekend. On Friday they travelled the length of the Metrolink network from their home of Ashton-Under-Lyne to Altrincham to play the first-ever in-store at the town's fabulous new vinyl cafe Honeybeat, before returning home in triumph on Saturday night to the legendary Witchwood venue closer to home. Support came from Katie O'Malley in Altrincham and Slack Alices, Vanity Box and Hey Bulldog in Ashton.

Control Of The Going - The Story Of "I Love You, But It's Going To Rain"

Control Of The Going's debut album I Love You, But It's Going To Rain is released today. To celebrate the release, Liam Hart, the band's front man walks us through the recording process of the album and some of the songs that make it up.

Control Of The Going - I Love You, But It's Going To Rain

I Love You, But It's Going To Rain is the majestically-titled debut album from Control Of The Going, a band that's blossomed from the slightly awkward kids that you'd see at every vaguely psychedelic gig in town to one of the leading lights in that very scene that they belonged to. They've naturally spread their wings further afield as this record demonstrates, its real power and beauty in the way they've taken their influences, span them round, put their own twist on them and made something so ambitious, widescreen yet still peculiarly (Greater) Mancunian in its impact.

Control Of The Going - Manchester Night People - 30th January 2018

As part of Independent Venue Week celebrations Control Of The Going played a six-song set of tracks from their forthcoming album I Love You But It’s Going To Rain at one of Manchester’s newest venues Night People.

TRACK OF THE DAY : Control Of The Going - Love You More

Love You More is the second track to be revealed from Control of The Going's debut album I Love You But It's Going To Rain, due for release on February 23rd. The song is a live favourite already and a big bold statement of intent from the Tameside six-piece.

Ist Ist / Urban Theory / Control Of The Going - Manchester Gorilla - 14th October 2017

Tonight is Ist Ist's night. Their biggest headline show to date under the railway arches at Gorilla and they deliver their best ever set, forty-five minutes long, eleven songs of brutal raw power mixed with moments of sublime subtlety in front of a packed house. It's also support bands Control Of The Going and Urban Theory's biggest gigs to date and both won themselves a whole new batch of admirers with sets that felt right at home in this venue.

Control Of The Going - Interview

Control Of The Going are a band that we've covered since their very earliest days as they've grown from a fledgling band into one of Manchester's most powerful live outfits. We spoke to Liam, Ste and Ash as they put the finishing touches to their debut album, due out later this year, and curate their own stage at this year's Blackthorn Festival following the release of their debut 7" single She / Wildflower earlier in the year.

Control Of The Going / The Valkarys / The Goa Express - Todmorden Golden Lion - 23rd June 2017

We took the train up to Todmorden on Friday night to catch one of Control Of The Going's final shows before they gear up for the release of their album later this year. Support came from The Valkarys and locals The Goa Express.

This Other Kingdom / Déjà Vega / The Valkarys / Muertos / Control Of The Going - Manchester Aatma - 12th May 2017

The twenty-second instalment of Manchester-based promoter Astral Elevator’s psyche nights saw them team up with Wrong Way Records to showcase five bands from their roster from around the UK and Ireland in the intimate setting of Aatma.  As our bug-eyed over-enthusiastic compere repeatedly reminded us, this was five headline bands on one bill.

Surfer Blood / Pip Blom / Control Of The Going - Manchester Soup Kitchen - 19th March 2017

Sunday night saw Surfer Blood bring their Snowdonia tour to Manchester's Soup Kitchen with Dutch band Pip Blom and local heroes Control Of The Going in tow.

EVEN THE STARS PLAYLIST 2

The second Even The Stars playlist features ten songs from artists we've been listening to recently and which we'd love to share with our readers. It features She Drew The Gun, Josh Kemp, Control Of The Going, Cosmo Calling, Jennie Abrahamson, Phoebe Green, Liv Dawson, Joe Dolman, Einar Vilberg and Mushy Callahan.

Control Of The Going - Manchester Gullivers - 4th March 2017

Control Of The Going celebrated the release of their stunning new single She with a gig at Gullivers in Manchester on Saturday night that revealed a set of songs that they're about to take into the studio to record their debut album, which on this basis could be one of the surprise highlights of 2017.

EXCLUSIVE : Track Of The Day : Control Of The Going - She

We're delighted to be able to do the online reveal of Control Of The Going's new single She. A live favourite that often completes their set, it represents a massive progression for them from the minute the chiming guitars upon which Liam's vocals float kick in. Already having had an exclusive first airing from KEXP in Seattle, one of the world's best loved and influential alternative radio stations, She is the sound of Control Of The Going bursting out of the Manchester psyche scene where they've almost become the house band with aims much wider and further afield.

Pop Up Festival - Sale King's Ransom - 14th August 2016 (Fliiis / Control Of The Going / Cultures / I Set The Sea On Fire / Happy Daggers / Glass Peaks / Altar Flowers / Mayflower / Louie Louie)

Sunday saw the second day of Scruff Of The Neck's Pop Up Festival located at the King's Ransom in Sale. We spent the afternoon and early evening watching nine great bands from both Manchester and further afield that have performed for the label this year on the outdoor stage by the picturesque setting of the canal.