Artist News & Press

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Mother Soki
Posted 07/16/2025
Mother Soki is among a generation of new artists forging their paths and creating music that attracts fans seeking a soul connection. That creativity led her to sign with independent label Mom+Pop early in 2025. A bit farther back in her trajectory, Mother Soki wasn’t even clear about how to pursue music. Carving her way through adolescence with a fierce…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Hollie Cook
Posted 07/10/2025
“Oh here I go again, more love songs!” Hollie Cook laughs. If there’s a theme that the London-based reggae vocalist and songwriter returns to more than any other, it’s love. The magical and the melancholy, the heart-lifting and heart-breaking, you name it, Cook is there for it. “It is just my favourite,” she enthuses. “It makes me feel more alive…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Colle
Posted 07/09/2025
Colle, the moniker of New York experimental musician Maya McGrory, has released Montalvo, a collection of songs that return to her past, offering a perspective of multiple lives lived at once. This reflection contrasts with her present, exploring how these early experiences shape and rebuild her understanding of connection and healing. Initially an experiment in electronic music production, Colle became…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes Quest Master
Posted 07/02/2025
Quest Master is fantasy synthesizer music from Sydney, Australia – burst onto the underground ‘dungeon synth’ scene with “Lost Songs of Distant Realms” [2017, Out of Season] – a two volume nostalgic soundtrack to a lost 90s JRPG crafted with classic digital tones from Yamaha and Casio keyboards. These debut releases were followed up by the sister albums “The Twelve…
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Ground Control Touring Welcomes Acopia
Posted 06/25/2025
Acopia is a band from Naarm/Melbourne, formed in 2018 by Kate Durman, Lachlan McGeehan, and Morgan Wright. Working with restraint and atmosphere, their music unfolds slowly and deliberately, guided by instinct and emotion. Their debut album Chances was released in 2022 on Melbourne imprint Companion, followed by a self-titled, self-released LP in 2023. Since then, they’ve sold out headline shows…