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Hegarty, I Only Dream. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

To talk of dreams to someone can be the breaking point in the conversation, the sudden roll of eyes and the distant yawn; all this because don’t want to be bogged down in the subject of the subconscious, yet perhaps we should take stock occasionally and if not listen to others and try to understand them psychologically, at least have a deeper resonance with our own soul. Dreams are part of us, it helps us make sense of the insanity of time and our place in it.

Hegarty, I Only Dream. Single Review. full post

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

Jupiter Falls, Faces In The Sand Part One. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

To come across Jupiter Falls was to open yourself up to the unknown revelation, the reveal of the heavy pound was enough to spark interest, to feel the pulse was to fall in love, now as the band from Leeds open up their souls, as they rip open the bleeding metal once in their new album, Faces In The Sand Part One. The ravaging nature of desire is in absolute full flow; it is call of the wild, of the raw and the passionate that makes the group one of the most dynamic and interesting British metal bands to hurl themselves at the genre in some time.

Jupiter Falls, Faces In The Sand Part One. Album Review. full post

(395 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

The Space Between Us, Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Carlo Gugino, Britt Robertson, Janet Montgomery, Trey Tucker, Scott Takeda, Adande Thorne, Sarah Minnich, Ryan Jason Cook, BD Wong, Lauren Myers, Morse Bicknell, Beth Bailey, Peter Chelsom, Anthony Jarvis, Jenny Gabriele, Colin Egglesfield.

We are all products of our environments, some are harsher than others, some are more pliable and interesting, yet we all have hardships to overcome, we all have to jump through hoops to get ahead, to not stand still and feel as though we are nothing but a vicious experiment gone wrong.

The Space Between Us, Film Review. full post

(441 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

A Lime Street Station Serenade.

The crowds take up their positions

on the swept clean concourse

of Lime Street Station, the ballet, the rumba,

the strains of the Viennese Waltz ,

the mad dash of front seated desire, four seats

and small squeezed in table,

the clock

high upon the wall and dominant,

the band master ready to blow the whistle

and the dance begins;

slowly at first, hesitant to let go of the one they love

and who will love them till they get home, the dance forgotten

in a heartbeat of half remembered waves goodbye

A Lime Street Station Serenade. full post

(565 words, estimated 2:16 mins reading time)

The Night Off.

I took the night off,

for a while I allowed myself to hear words

but not concentrate

on watching the eyes,

the soul man, I stayed

away from the soul and

I took pleasure in staying out

of the emotions;

even my own words

were perhaps delivered without the same

fire and brimstone longing,

the same damnation in my spit and looking across

to see the Devil judging,

mocking my every words, his tail

poking out from underneath the table

and chairs and balancing a single shot

The Night Off. full post

(279 words, estimated 1:07 mins reading time)

The Moorside, Television Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Sheridan Smith, Siobhan Finneran, Gemma Whelan, Sian Brooke, John Dagleish, Dean Andrews, Steve Oram, Gail Kemp, William Hunt, Cody Ryan, Sally Carr, Faye McKeever, Tom Hanson, Erin Shanagher, Darren Connolly, Cathy Breeze, David Zezulka, Charlotte Mills, David Peel, Kirsty Armstrong, Macy Shackleton, Martin Savage, Steve Garti, Rebecca Manley, Paul Opacic.

It was a crime that horrified Britain, a moment in the nation’s psyche that leaves a scar, not because of loss of life but one in which loss of self respect and hope became the headline news.

The Moorside, Television Review. full post

(541 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

Alison Krauss, Windy City. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is no such thing as a short gust of music when it comes the phenomenally talented Alison Krauss, it is the bracing effect she has on your soul when she sings that is the true point of her gift and ability. There is a storm in those lungs waiting to break down barriers, smash away conceived ideas of how music is supposed to influence and guide you. It is a resonating sound of grandeur and positivity that the multi-award winning vocalist captures so well in her carefully selected selection of classic songs that make up the entrancing Windy City.

Alison Krauss, Windy City. Album Review. full post

(457 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

Imelda May, Life. Love. Flesh. Blood. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

It is only when you look into the eyes of a woman and see the girl that she used to be, do you notice how much Time has either enhanced her or taken its toll on the heart. There is no in between, the girl that was never stays in the same place, she is subject to more rigors and tests than many will ever realise and it is in her eyes that Life. Love. Flesh. Blood have all taken their fair bite or kissed her gently.

Imelda May, Life. Love. Flesh. Blood. Album Review. full post

(469 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Steve Logan, Wanted Alive. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Wanted Alive, to be found offering a small part of a healthy, giving and loving soul to those in need of help, who require assistance and those whose own life has taken a downturn because the music has left them, to be found and needed with all your hear, to be Wanted Alive is to feel human, important to someone and assured to put a hefty smile upon your face.

Steve Logan, Wanted Alive. Album Review. full post

(409 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

On Hold

On hold,

such a time to be had

falling for a tune

you would normally hate

but somehow feel close to

by the time the representative

from the company

decides it is time to talk down to you,

on hold…

imagine if the everyday was the same

as calling, losing patience

with patience, the man on the end of the phone,

just hanging, shoplifting music

buzzing in the open air, still and jaunty,

designed to keep you upbeat, intended

to cause thoughts of mass destruction;

On Hold full post

(148 words, estimated 36 secs reading time)