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Ian McNabb: New Brighton Rock. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

A modern day Pinkie Brown could be imagined to be walking the streets of the town on the Wirral, hat strategically placed in a position of authority, a crisp suit that would cost the wearer more than a week’s wages, if he had to pay for it, and for all purposes the man who ran the seaside town with a fist of iron…this is the wonderful sense of power that strides through the objectively superb and musically thrilling new album by Ian McNabb, New Brighton Rock.

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(435 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

The Long Shadow. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision

Cast: David Morrissey, Lee Ingleby, Toby Jones, Liz White, Michael McElhatton, Jack Deam, Toby Jones, Chloe Harris, Steven Waddington, Jasmine Lee-Jones, Kris Hitchin, Stephen Tompkinson, Liam Garrigan, Christopher Hatherall, John Henshaw, Victoria Myers, Shaun Thomas, Charley Webb, James Clay, Emma Cunniffe, Adam Long, Kate Rutter, Dorothy Atkinson, Sorcha Groundsell, Jill Halfpenny, Marcus Fraser, Daniel Mays, Charlotte Tyree, Paul Brennen, Colin R. Campbell, Alexa Davies, Emma Williams, Nicola Stephenson, Robert James-Collier, Daisy Waterstone, Mark Stobbart, Sammy Winward, Katherine Kelly, Nigel Betts.

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(630 words, estimated 2:31 mins reading time)

The Suns: Reverse Life Forward. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Searching through the subconscious is an art form that many find unsettling, it reveals parts of the mind that they would prefer to be closed off, shut away, lacking in depth and the eloquence that insists we explore if we are to produce that which frames us with completeness, that which rejoices our soul as we perform to the massed ranks of all who wish us well.

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(368 words, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

Robert Vincent: The Insider. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The pedigree of Rob Vincent is beyond reproach, and beyond measure, for it cannot be vocalised enough that the music world has certainly missed the generous and lush sounds, the voice that could mend hearts and the perspective of lyrics that make many a poet linger in the vicinity and feel their pulse quicken. It is the whisper of The Insider, the one who knows all the secrets, the one who feels the pain and sees the joker played, that makes his return so sweet and adored.

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(432 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

April Moon: Part Of The Game. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

To be masters of our own destiny is the ultimate goal of the vast majority who place their feet upon this Earth, few will attain such lofty precision, but we must seek that moment where it all seems possible whilst holding onto the notion that rather than being dominant in our actions and thoughts, we are the counter in someone else’s Part Of The Game.

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(390 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

Interview With The Vampire. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Eric Bogosian, Assad Zaman, Bailey Bass, Kalyne Coleman, Chris Stack, Christian Robinson, Rae Dawn Chong, Maura Grace Athari, Roxane Duran, John DiMaggio, Jeff Pope, Dana Gourrier, Rachel Alana Handler, Rudy Eisenzopf, Kyle Roussel.

There is a difference between glitz and style, one not often noted upon when there is money thrown at glitz as if it were the smart prospect in the room because it has the big name behind it, bravado mistaken for confidence, arrogance confused with grace, and one that can be the ruin of a franchise before it even starts; for in humility the viewer immersed in a series created on the back of one of the best selling books of all time will be enthralled and not overwrought with the smell of perfume disguising the smell of rotten meat.

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(537 words, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

The Burning Girls. Television Drama Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Cast: Samantha Morton, Rupert Graves, Ruby Stokes, David Dawson, Paul Bradley, Jack Roth, Charlie Hamblett, John Macmillan, Jane Lapotaire, Beth Cordingly, Elodie Grace Orkin, Conrad Khan, Janie Dee, Safia Oakley-Green, Paul Fox, Charlie Price, Erin Ainsworth, Catherine Harvey, Liam Hatch.

The sins of our ancestors are always prevalent, and whilst we may be in part innocent of such crimes ourselves, we cannot remove the stain of the family name passed down when it comes to certain transgressions, certain wrongs in which we can be seen to have profited from personally.

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(505 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

Israel Nash: Ozarker. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We cannot fight for what we believe in if we have no sense of the history that made us who we are, the sense of being we find when we understand how our ancestors are tied to us, how their actions, loves, desires, and mistakes have brought us into the world to carry on the genes, the D.N.A of the locations that shape our soul.

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(405 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

Toyah And Robert’s Sunday Lunch: Live. Gig Review. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Toyah has never lost her sense of fun and style, and her husband, the legendary Robert Fripp, exudes such an air of gentlemanly grace that to be in their presence can often feel measurably overwhelming.

For to watch two of Britain’s most experienced performers on stage can lead to the listener being comforted and dominated in the same breath; and when they are together on the back of their hugely successful Sunday Lunch show online that sartorial elegance on stage for a Liverpool crowd is one that is to be acknowledged as being performed by a king and queen of Prog and Punk.

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(490 words, estimated 1:58 mins reading time)

Tony Winn: Blue Speck. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Our world, our planet, is the only Blue Speck that for the foreseeable future is one we can call home.

We must endeavour to keep it in a reasonable state, to repair it, to keep it viable, for those who will take on the tenancy once we leave and hand in our collective notices; but instead of the anonymous graffiti of life we seem happy to leave as a scrawl of our time here, we must acknowledge that a signed piece of art of any stature would be a greater gift for others to understand what we were once capable of, and what some produced with endearing dignity and passion.

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(353 words, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)