We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Only Strangers are Normal

by Controllar

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $10 USD  or more

     

1.
Again Again 04:15
No hoof stands still No feathers left unruffled as time tick thick the ball of yarn unravels. Again, again. Derail, sink back. Stand tall before the fallout As knots untie the hours countless chime. Again, again. No hoof stands still No feathers left unruffled as time tick thick the ball of yarn unravels.
2.
Kicksin 02:37
The drug kicks in Sweet endorphines and for a while nothing is right. I told you when will tell you how and for a while nothing is mine I know you well I know you'll haunt me I know you well I know you'll haunt me The drug kicks in sweet and for a while nothing. I know you well I know you'll haunt me I know you well I know you'll haunt me
3.
Nectar 03:15
The sweet nectar brings the herds to the streets. In the cool of night even the strongest crack. The sweet nectar brings the herds to the streets. In the cool of night They skip, And dance, they shake, and sway. The sweet nectar brings the herds to the streets. In the cool of night They skip, And dance, they shake, and sway. In extasy in extasy in extasy.
4.
Hands 02:30
This room is full of heads these heads are off their hooks I'll egg and bread myself we'll have a fry No one's asleep no one's awake its just the simple liquor talk all from your mouth down to my knees all from your dust until you're dawn. We'll have a fry. This room is full of heads these heads are off their hooks I'll egg and bread myself we'll have a fry.
5.
Days are grey Sweet & Sticky In bed with my toys and my lace Soft wood & hard candy Linger a while. Shaved and cut Holy Golightly on me with you knots and your ties Cloaked gods & white honey Linger a while. Tangle your feet in the rhymes of the heat Color the dark with apples.
6.
Hooks 03:22
Strings and hooks gently slide by. You, I'm a metal box and you propellor spinning tight You, I'm a metal box and you propellor tightly spin. You I'm a metal box and you propellor spinning tight Force shining deep and moth and true they take another night. Never, never take my place While these burns will slowly subside. Never, never take my place While these burns will slowly subside. Strings and hooks gently slide by. You I'm a metal box and you propellor spinning tight. You, I'm a metal box and you propellor tightly spin. Strings and
7.
Belong 03:20
Faces. Blank faces. We will watch the ritual with faces blank faces the ultimate form of expression the blank face says it all. The power is in the multitude and the blank faces. Don't wanna hear the rage Don't wanna see the tears Can not hear the the scream
8.
Oak 02:27
The crooked placement The leaning oak The dripping cloth with which I soak the imaginary sweat from my brow as my body grows weak from indignation. let the oak grow straight from the earth to the sun left alone he does his job and so should we.

about

Only Strangers Are Normal is also an ode to our 90's heroes- from the Pixies and Jane's Addiction to Nirvana; it is a darkly sinister and powerful album connecting our experiences of being strangers in a new town with the heightend euphoria and isolation of being on tour.

The title reflects on the phenomena that the closer you get, the less normal things starts to appear. As you scratch the surface of artificial first encounters, the image of what is 'regular' or 'normal' begins to contort and eventually dissolves into the chaos of the everyday.

The 8 tracks in Only Strangers Are Normal were mixed in Tel Aviv's famous Kicha studio by Tomer Harari. The album was then mastered by John Golden at Golden Mastering in San Francisco.

Only Strangers Are Normal is a short and intense album- 30 minutes packed full of ideas and styles, laced with expressive vocals, punk beats, unconventional electronics and wild guitars. The songs carry you tumbling down the rabbit hole and leave you more stranger than normal.

credits

released October 9, 2014

Recorded at Labosonic, Brussels by StereoConflicts
&
Kol Ha'am Studio, Akko by Yuval Kfir
Mixed by Tomer Harari at Kicha studios
Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering, 2014
All music and lyrics by Controllar

Anat Spiegel- vocals, guitar
Thomas Myrmel- electronics, bass, vocals
Gur Spiegel- Drums

*additional violin on Hooks- Adi Silberberg

www.controllar.org
Thank you Jeremy, Yael, Gilad, Yuval, and all our various families.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Controllar Amsterdam, Netherlands

Controllar is the Amsterdam based experimental rock trio lead by Anat Spiegel's unconventional vocals. Controllar's music evokes shards of electro-noise swallowed by punk beats. Together with computer wizard Thomas Myrmel and punk drummer Gur Spiegel they are a force to be reckoned with! ... more

contact / help

Contact Controllar

Streaming and
Download help

Report this album or account

Controllar recommends:

If you like Controllar, you may also like: