Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
When Love Wakes Up we must be sure to tend to it with careful hands and a just heart, for in life there is no greater crime, no larger scandal against the soul of another human being than turning our back on that in which we have awoken.
It’s Karma It’s Cool, the terrifically musically endowed band that has found its way to arguably hold the hearts of those who find their way to their signal in such a manner that it is almost addictive, take a side step as three of their members, the effervescent James Styring, Martin Beswick, and Mikey Barraclough have combined to strike out from the nest for a time and bring about the side project of Solitary Bee; and as part of the forthcoming six track EP, Bloom, which will be available later in the year, its lead single Love Wakes Up is the uplifting sound that combines the two ventures with a muscle few test themselves against, and one that is forcefully groovy.
There is nothing wrong with stretching your artistic vision, often it does require change, an alteration, a seizing of the moment to which the fans may linger with an eyebrow raised, but who soon enough find that it is not separation, but addition that keeps It’s Karma It’s Cool and Solitary Bee together; a unison made it heaven and unafraid to diverse when required.
Love Wakes Up is the beauty of the power pop slimmed down, given an extraordinary task of levelling up with its parent band, and doing so with remarkable attitude and spirit of tune. The single should always shine brightly ahead of the announced full swing release, and Solitary Bee’s first foray into that hive of imagination lives creatively, musically as one. The lips salivate in anticipation and desire at the thought.
Like honey, music is the gift of life and love, its sweetness and taste affected only by the appreciation of the listener; that appreciation will create its own buzz.
A terrific new single, a sound undaunted, never mind the voice of a beehive, this Solitary Bee knows exactly how to dance.
Ian D. Hall