Fiction / Action
Missing Control
At first glance, you might mistake Fiction / Action’s ‘Missing Control’ for a bit of a deconstructed indie track. However, it’s when the chorus first sinks its enormous claws into proceedings that you realise that there’s a gritty rock undercurrent and some really pissed-off vocals at the disposal of this band.
This really is a case of Pavement meets Husker Du in a dark alley – with no clear winner (except maybe me, as I love this track.)
It’s got a violent jangle and urgent vocals, and as the music sweetens out the singer lands a near-scream for the chorus. It’s angular, oddly shaped, and wonderful.
Listen to Fiction / Action – ‘Missing Control’.
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Steve Fenton writes in our music, words, and culture categories.
He was Editor in Chief for The Mag and covered live music for DV8 Magazine and Spill Magazine. He was often found in venues throughout the UK alongside ace-photographer, Mark Holloway. Steve is also a technical writer and programmer and writes gothic fiction.
Steve studied Psychology at OSC, and Anarchy in the UK: A History of Punk from 1976-1978 at the University of Reading.
