CONTROL, or Does It Explode, Dear Mr. Watterson

Doors 7PM / Show 8PM

$7ADV / $10DOS

CONTROL are burlap sacks filled with dub and surf and punk and a million sharp shale pieces. A girl runs to the front of the stage and turns the dilettantes’ eyes to jelly. The others keep their heads going up and down in time, shaking the sacks. The music of it’s hard and delicate and softly purposeful. It cuts and heals. Riots break out: Drums, bass, guitar, a voice sometimes searing the surface. The girl’s got her shirt up now and the dilettantes all leave to get her a drink. The songs becomes a watery noose and the stage goes empty because the stage has always been empty. Everyone covers their heads in burlap, drawing in raw, sustaining air and excavating their own private darknesses. They shake. And they try to predict what will come next.

…or Does it Explode? (oDiE) melds elements of Midwest emo, post-hardcore, and post-rock into a style that is uniquely theirs and difficult to place in a box. oDiE aims to explore the highs and lows of the human experience; while not overtly political, they do not shy from addressing issues of equity, privilege, and power dynamics. One song may find a polyrhythmic drumbeat, a twinkling lead, an atypical chord structure, a prodding bass line, and an emotive vocal phrase all directing the listener to think, listen, and react. oDiE also mixes in sound samples and visual projection to heighten the experience.

Dear Mr. Watterson is emo revival from Madison, WI.