Control Turns 20

On Control‘s 10th anniversary in 2012, David Bazan set out on a national tour to play the album in full; the tour tagline read “David Bazan Band Plays Pedro The Lion’s Control.” Pedro The Lion had officially broken up six years before, and since then Bazan had released music exclusively under his own name. Although the accompanying shift in Bazan’s sound could more rightly be deemed a “refinement” than a “departure,” the break with the band name was firm and intentional. Fol...

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