Double Eyelid

Marking just over a decade since David Bowie's passing, Double Eyelid (Toronto, Canada) shares a tribute cover of "No Control."

Originally found on Bowie's Outside album, his 1995 return to working with Brian Eno, the song is reimagined for today's goth and darkwave listeners. During this period, Bowie departed from previous works as he embraced the industrial sound of the '90s, and later toured with Nine Inch Nails. The 2026 version of this classic deep cut blends a tense, low-end groove with a warm, layered sound that hints at Depeche Mode in the early ’90s, paired with an impassioned vocal performance.

Double Eyelid’s central member Ian Revell on the background of the song:

“I started listening to Bowie around 1993, and his work spoke to me so deeply that I dove head-first into everything he released — and found he had so many different sides. It was difficult to reconcile the bleakness of the Berlin trilogy with the warm and sunny vibes of the Bowie that was out in the world making Black Tie White Noise. When Outside came out a couple of years later, I was thrilled he was working with Eno again, and over the moon to see him play live with Nine Inch Nails. Outside is still a challenging album, but it has aged remarkably well. “No Control” is a layered song that says a lot without revealing anything; covering it was entering into an enigma. It's personal, it's global — it's all deranged, indeed!”