CONTROL (VINYL)

'Control' is a collection of brooding. expertly-crafted alternative pop songs. from an artist and producer who has already earned fans as diverse as London Grammar to Childish Gambino. For 24-year-old Paul Dixon a.k.a. FYFE. it's a record which may have started as an exercise in tightening one's grip on life. but is effectively about release. and learning that control itself is a fallacy. Written and entirely self-produced by FYFE. 'Control' feels as inspired by the 90s hip-hop beats which characterised Dixon's childhood as the delicate pop of The XX. via the swelling orchestral arrangements of Bjork's 'Volta': all held together by FYFE's near-falsetto vocal croon. A pop record with a working brain and a beating heart. 'Control' is the sound of an artist seizing back the reigns and then letting them go. turning his paint-smeared. back-to-camera to face forwards - looking right at you. and into the future.