Length 46:34 Hate Culture
(2008) Noir
(2010) Label Victory Records | Producer William Control Release date 28 October 2008 | |
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Released October 28, 2008 (2008-10-28) Recorded Sleepy Hollow Studio, June 2008 Artists William Control, Wil Francis Genres Dark wave, Rock music, Synth-pop, New wave, Electronica Similar William Control albums, Gothic rock albums | ||
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Hate Culture is the debut studio album by William Control, the alter ego of Aiden's William Francis. It was released on October 28, 2008 through Victory Records, and is a concept album that follows a man named William Control on the last day before he kills himself. To promote the album, a clip called Taste and a preview of the song Strangers were released through Myspace. Additionally, the single Beautiful Loser was released on iTunes on September 30, 2008, with an accompanying video. The album was written, produced and engineered by William Control. It was mixed by Justin Armstrong and William Control at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle in July 2008. All lyrics are credited to William Control.
Contents
Background
Speaking to Kerrang! in 2009, Francis said:
That came out of some serious desperation and hopelessness. Being on the road for five years had worn me down. I’d literally been home for three months in those five years and there were internal problems within Aiden that, coupled with some things that were going in my personal life, meant I snapped and had a breakdown. I went home and wrote some songs that didn’t really fit Aiden. We’re a punk rock band who like horror films… and those were more electronic and dark. I showed them to the label and they liked them so I put together William Control as a solo project and that album came together pretty quickly as a therapeutic outlet.
Track listing
All tracks written by William Control, except where noted.
Outtakes
"Deathclub" was cut from album and was instead included on the Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Soundtrack, although it appears as a remix by Renholdër.
Trivia
Credits
Songs
1Prologue2:03
2Beautiful Loser4:36
3Strangers4:04