Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

A sentence does not need to be lengthy to make impact, it does not require a grand gesture to be memorable, it just needs to be spoken with clarity, and with the softness of a person who understands that the strength of the words is underlined with the force of a heart refusing to be broken, who sees joy as sacrosanct, almost holy.

The words may feel imploring, but they are designed as a warning, a discernment of ideal, a defence sought by logic in an age of incredulity and the logic of unearned emotion; Don’t Bring Me Down, don’t make me sweat the small stuff, leave my cloud…whichever heavy weight declaration you choose, it must lived and never shied away from. This is exactly where the ever-impressive Jim Eannelli shines, his intervention against the falseness of the actions weaponised by the ones who revel in the pleasure of sympathy validation is thrilling, pulsating, and sonically cool.

The single is a conviction of truth, that the world we live in today is divided, not by joy, but attention seeking and the realism of frank, healthy exchange. Such is the intricacy of the exchange, the verbal passion that Jim Eannelli has sought out, deployed, and hit directly leaving no room for the smoke of doubt to cause a haze in the mind of the listener.

Don’t Bring Me Down is Jim Eannelli at his impressive best, full of confidence in the subject, punishing in his delivery; this is the roar of a man content with his life and only wishes the same for all.

Ian D. Hall