NEWFORIA - part 3

Hercules & Love Affair return to the fray with Controller, a pulsing, propulsive new song that signals the first salvo from their long-awaited new album. Featuring The Horrors’ Faris Badwan on vocals, it takes the Hercules’ disco-house heritage and fuses it with starker more experimental stylings.

A taster both sonically and aesthetically of the new album, 'Controller' connects new wave, post-punk and 80s electro within the clubland realm of Hercules & Love Affair. Hearing the The Horrors’ live version of Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principle’s ‘Your Love’, Andy realised he’d found a rock artist willing to engage with dance culture's history.  With its underbelly of seamy ‘80s electro-pop, Controller’s sub-dom, master-and-servant roleplay in the lyrics work perfectly with Faris vocals delivery creating something rather special.

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Controller (feat. Faris Badwan)

Controller (feat. Faris Badwan) (Radio Edit)

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VERSE 1
Excuse me mister
I'm running from a killer that's been running like a bull in my mind
Twisted thinker
Tongue is on the trigger while my words are trying to chew me alive

PRE CHORUS
Waking up's a little tragic
When days depend on dirty habits
Hell if I know how I'll get out of this one..

CHORUS
Maybe it's just my time, nice to know ya
Wake me when it's over
Crazy to think I'd find a way out

VERSE 2
Doctor, doctor
I don't mean to bother but I need something to quiet the noise
Been navigating through bad brains and back streets
Playing hide-and-seek-and-destroy

PRE CHORUS
Waking up's a dirty habit
When all your friends come wrapped in plastic
And swear when they dissolve you'll feel better to feel numb

CHORUS
Maybe it's just my time, nice to know ya
Wake me when it's over
Crazy to think I'd find a way out tonight

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