Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It is perhaps the act of melodrama, the memory of what has passed in the spaces we call, home, work and the venues we have held close to our hearts when the love of art and the artistic comes calling, but to feel the shiver of the beautiful instruction of the haunting vibe, that is perhaps a moment in which to savour, in which to pursue the past and implore it to be part of the future, that is the basis in which love takes root.

If love and the beguiling haunting of American can combine, can be heard as a couple, then it can only be the sound of Liverpool based Limerance, the benefit brought to the gentle guitar and the beautiful harmony of the voices of Jenny Coyle and Calum Gilligan is astonishing and it really is no wonder that the pair are much praised and requested to perform at every opportunity.

Opening the evening for Maddie Stenberg ahead of her single launch, Limerance gave the signal right from the off that this was too be a night of a high and thrilling quality. Like a siren who has found that she attracts more sailors by having a band behind her, that the rocks become golden sands and the concession stand in the corner is one that sells only the finest flavours of ice cream, Limerance uniquely enchanted the Zanzibar audience and gave the Zanzibar the sense of increased heat, of the fortune to come.

A set that brings out the best in both crowd and the people on stage is perhaps rare, never truly equal as the dynamic is always skewed in favour of one and not the other. Like the harmony of the voices on offer, the balance of the appreciation was on the level, an honour to hear such support for the opening band on any card or night.

With songs such as Set Me Free, One Day, I’m On Your Side, It’s Only Raining In Your Head and My Old Sky dominating the close feel of the air inside the venue, it is no wonder that the expectation of the night was physically, and emotionally met early on.

A beautiful moment is to be applauded, for Limerance, it was the reminder of what it means to love.

Ian D. Hall