That out of the way and we can get on with Cemetery, a very aptly named song considering that writing the songs from the album not only make up this sexy record, but also saved his life when he was drowning in a world filled with desperation and hopelessness.
The introduction to Don‘t Cry For Me sounds a little bit too much like the opening of Sweet Dreams (are made of this) so, as it’s one of my mum’s favourite karaoke songs I’m hoping it lives up to my mum’s vocals!
Yet another suicide note as wiL informs us “and this gun, eyes closed, will put my body to rest.” I must admit, I don’t know why he’s telling people ‘don’t cry for me’ because obviously there are people out there who love him and telling them not to cry is just utterly stupid…besides, the problem with suicide is that the people who bang on about it will never actually do it… it’s the quiet ones who actually will, so I know no one will be crying for wiL anytime soon.
That bit of anger out of the way and it’s time for Damned which takes a different turn, well sort of, as rather than killing ourselves we’re now dancing around in graveyards, my favourite night-time pursuit. (I joke!)
So fair enough, it’s not exactly a dinner and dance song, but if wiL wants to take me into a graveyard for a boogie, I’m not going to be one to turn him down now am I? that’s just rude.
The Whipping Haus begins with some kind of argument which turns into sex, so I have now worked wiL out in just under a hour, he likes sex, death and violence. However I think this might be more about prostitution of some sort; surely he doesn’t follow those nocturnal purists?
That said, I see this being a big hit in underground goth clubs which seem to be taking over the UK at the moment… all these dark-cide and cyber-side club nights will be lapping up this song with their red wine and vampire outfits.
The closing track, London Town is nine minutes long, however, the main song only lasts for 3.50 minutes until at 7.30minutes we are awoken by an alarm and someone on the phone to (what I assume is) 911 before they are attacked. Shame.
Anyway, the musical bit of that nine minute escapade is very different from the rest of the album as it only features an acoustic guitar, violin and the incredible voice of wiL. As the song plays I find myself wanting to care for him and turn his dark world into on filled with flowers and glitter which, I know, is never going to happen… but we can hope!
All in all, this is an incredible debut record from William Control, and from someone who isn’t really a fan of this type of music per se, I think it will be on repeat on my record player for a good few months.
Talking about the record, wiL said; “It was either tie a belt around my neck or make a record.” And with an incredible debut album and another day living and breathing (and looking so incredibly edible) ; I’m relived he chose the latter.
Rating: 5/5 - totally amazing. Skip to: Razor’s Edge
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