ctrl 17 LIVE: Los Bitchos (UK)

Friday, October 3, Los Bitchos bring their purely instrumental act to Control’s 17th anniversary, after ripping stages like Glastonbury and Coachella.

The UK-based pan-continental outfit carve out a world “that lets people use their imaginations,” blending surf-exotica roots with the shimmering sonic experiments of the ’80s.

Their live show has a contagious energy and released their debut album, “Let The Festivities Begin!”, produced by Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand) in 2022. ‘Festivities’ hallucinatory surf-exotica is as evocative as it is playful, with instrumental voyages that are the soundtrack to setting alight to a row of flaming sambucas and losing yourself to the night. Think panthers prowling through a desert, cowgirls swaggering into a saloon and kicking up dust, and riding shotgun with a Tarantino heroine.

Since then, they’ve ripped stages across the globe, with headline tours in UK, Europe, North America, and Australia, as well as supporting King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Franz Ferdinand, Pavement, and Mac DeMarco.

At the centre of the band's most recent LP, “Talkie Talkie”, is a vivid cinematic universe that takes inspiration from the band’s favourite aesthetic era: the 80s. The four-piece especially tapped into the sonic innovation happening during that period, where analog and digital techniques collided to create polished texture and depth.

“a swirling concoction of vibrant disco energy, Eighties Turkish psych-rock, and pure funk... We’re excited for what’s next.” - Rolling Stone US