“I'm in bed and someone is cooking me pancakes. I can smell them wafting upstairs, it's really good,” he says dreamily.
You can forgive his particular brand of wholesome decadence; if anyone deserves a bit of R&R, it’s Alister and his band of merry posters, who’ve had an extremely busy year. They've managed several national tours, UK gigs and released their debut album, 'Bliss Release'.

Having toured the east coast promoting the single release of the dangerously catchy ‘There's Nothing In The Water We Can't Fight’ last month, it's fast becoming familiar territory for the well travelled group.
“Aw man we've been like, smashing the east coast. Before we released ('Bliss Release') we even did a pretty extensive tour of Australia with Yves Klein Blue; that must have been like 14 or 15 dates. And we've done pretty much the same run ... this is our third time now,” Alister says.

Since their 2008 EP 'Death Cloud' cemented them as a band to watch, Cloud Control has earned a reputation for supporting some big names. They opened for Supergrass in 2008 and after support slots for Vampire Weekend in May this year, the collegiate hipsters declared them “the best support we ever had”.

“It's kind of weird but I feel like we haven't met a band that wasn't really awesome ... Supergrass were cool guys ... they smoke so much weed.”
Having recently relocated from their home in the Blue Mountains to Sydney, Cloud Control is planning an even bigger move in 2011, when they'll set up shop in London. Before then though, the band will play a string of shows as part of their UK EP release this month.

CLOUD CONTROL PLAY SUNSET SOUNDS, BRISBANE RIVERSTAGE JANUARY 5-6. YOU CAN ALSO CATCH THEM AT THE BRISBANE LANEWAY FESTIVAL, FEBRUARY 4.