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The Jackobins, Outside. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There is enormous pleasure to be found when listening to a band that you have championed, that you might have been able to say that you have had a huge smile reserved for them, and whilst the nature of the world suggests that the experience of listening to music has changed, that the day to day for musicians and the lyric writer has become more intense, more demanding and without the true rewards deserving such art; it is satisfying beyond measure when a group like The Jackobins tempt you to come Outside and revel in the almost noir-like quality of their new single.

The Jackobins, Outside. Single Review. full post

(360 words, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

The Jackobins, One More Chance. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It may the cry of the broken hearted, the exclaimed weep of those in search of valiant redemption but in the thunder splitting The Jackobins’ new single, One More Chance is not a sign of weakness, of grief over spilling into the realms of the sentimental. It is the toughness of spirit that grants that one person a shot of deliverance and in true Jackobins’ style it is wonderfully gruff, it is the sound of liberation, of the salvo of guns reigning down and offering a shelter from the ensuing storm.

The Jackobins, One More Chance. Single Review. full post

(363 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

The Jackobins, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. 2015.

The Jackobins, Liverpool Calling 2015. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

The sound of thunder, the presence of future greatness and the unswerving, undeniable attraction of truth, theatre and showmanship; not the harking back to the early days of British Rock in which the likes of Queen, Genesis or countless others played their days out to adoring fans inside tightly packed, smoke filled rooms but to the inside of St. Luke’s Church and the arrival of The Jackobins to the stage.

The Jackobins, Gig Review. Liverpool Calling, St. Luke’s Church, Liverpool. 2015. full post

(509 words, 1 image, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

The Jackobins, Waiting On The Sun. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

For those who have experienced the side effects of living in a part of the world where darkness prevails for months on end like a lonely wolf stalking its prey with relentless but determined passion, it never seems to end and Waiting On The Sun to come and drain the life from the wintery waste is like being the hare that the wolf has got the scent of, it drains you to the point of exhaustion.

The Jackobins, Waiting On The Sun. Single Review. full post

(305 words, estimated 1:13 mins reading time)

The Jackobins, Ghosts. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

For anybody over a certain age and who never fulfilled a particular inventive goal, to see a great band produce quality recordings and have the absolute conviction that strides alongside the energy to pull off the artistry is something that the previous generation could only perhaps feel the tiniest bit of jealousy for. Of course the jealousy, if it appears, never lasts long, for the only thing you can do, on either side of the divide that separates one age bracket from another is too wish them well and revel in the dedication that sweat out like the fire from a jet propelled rocket.

The Jackobins, Ghosts. E.P. Review. full post

(383 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)