She's Lost Control | Gothik Serpent Cover

This iconic song from Joy Division is way ahead of its time, with moody vocals, a bass guitar playing a high melody alongside a droning open D, a guitar holding down the rhythm, mechanized drums, and haunting lyrics inspired by a woman having a seizure.

It has been interpreted a number of different ways, including by the band itself, and for the Gothik Serpent version I made it closer to the fast, aggressive rendition from the excellent movie Control. Like many older songs I cover, I wanted to bring it to the 21st century by maximizing the dynamic contrast between the verse and chorus sections, and playing around with how the bass, guitar, and drums, despite largely playing the same thing throughout, can vary up their sound.

Kerwin Tsang - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Effects, Mixing, Mastering, Video
Olivia Kong - Vocals, Handclaps, Camera

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[dynamitch-lc]

THIS IS FANTASTIC! cover starts with soft vocal and bass and then becomes more powerful, hard, more energetical and agressive! love it

[glenngastonjonsson]

Wow. You've improved a Joy Division song. Great vocals from the both of you. Wonder what you could do with "Twenty-four hours"...

[andygunn]

love the heavier interpretation of this classic song
saw them play live when they first came to London
lucky enough to see them live 3 times and sadly
the last time in the Moonlight Club West Hampstead
Just a month before he died. we saw him in the bar
before the gig and had a quick chat. i was only 17 at the
time and totally starstruck. He was and still is my hero

[arthurchallat]

The spray replacing the hi-hat is a brilliant idea

[ConosurIndustria]

this is f*cking brilliant. i love the original version, but this have a lot of power

[xrattleheadx]

I really love this cover! It should be on streaming platforms!

[waveriderkj]

THIS IS SICK, You done theJOY DIVISION, pround .What a band and I SAW THEM Once.Thanks

[metallicafever]

Great cover! You guys should do Day of the Lords or Transmission! 👌

[NicolasBonnemann-sktz]

It's the same voice like Ian Curtis 😀 ! Great cover !

[theironbutterfly]

Dang This sounds Crisp guys!!! Love it!

[khaygn]

Playing this in a more aggressive style, especially when you're harmonizing over it, gives me strong Ghost vibes. Very well done, love it!

[newcoloursmusic]

I've been listening to this track since 1989. I love how you've arranged this! Beautiful!

[fmpetit]

Congrats! Amazing cover of this famous song 🙂

[IAMNOTAREPLICANTFOLKPOP]

les bras m'en tombent ! super mise en scène et la pêche la patate quoi !!

[joeysim]

2 good, much underrrated. KERWIN U ARE NO 1 IN MY <3

[TaiRAAM]

Great job dudes! Greetings from Mexico!

[robingrin]

Fuckin brilliant. Well done. Love it