Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Ten years on from her debut album, Eternal Child, the sense of maturity is not confided to the act of symbolism in the title, but in the wisdom of progression and identity in a world that has lost its way through hate, division, and lack of empathy to people and the environment, and as the creative soul that pushes ideas and character forward in Daria Kulesh, Motherland is the near perfect statement of observing change in the person and in the wider world.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Thankfully in today’s world the fear of missing out should be one emotion we can surely relegate to the past; especially when it comes to the ability to have the opportunity to listen in comfort to a performance by an artist at the constant top of their game, and the luxury of being enthralled by the deep dive into the catalogue provided.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Of all the ways you might expect the art of the Progressive to go, to slip comfortably into the realm of the festive spirit might be the one guess you would never offer to the eternal quizmaster.
It might not be obvious, but if there is one band whose history has circumnavigated almost every genre that can be touched upon with a flute leading the way, then Jethro Tull have every right to surprise and enlighten the audience and the fan alike by immersing their unique observation into an album devoted to the ringing of the bells and the signal to good will to all included.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The genre is not for everyone, but Death Metal exists because of a natural requirement to explain humanity’s darker elements in such a way that could be considered more theatrical than what the art of cinema for example could depict, even literature of such gruesome imagination would be relegated to a store cupboard out of the reach, and yet in the hands of masters what comes across in audio is sculptured visibility, it is the virtuosity of carving out a figure to which can leave the listener, the fan or the enquiring novice, gaping in wonder at the sheer strength of musicianship given a voice of anger and fierce outlook.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The commotion of excitement is always palpable; sometimes though you must actively ask the question to which the other person in your vicinity might cut down the animation you feel and display agitation and coldness to the familiar…the response will not fit your enthusiasm, but it will inspire something deep down in your poetic soul and create art, create a new world driven from the negative pressure once felt to the beauty of positivity.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
We hail the king, but it is to the everyman, the artist, the grass roots, and the masses that we owe allegiance to. The aristocracy of the humble and the public attention belong to those not with crowns but the kings and queens of delight and observation, those with true power, that exercise it with greater acclaim than those who garnish themselves in adoration because of an accident of birth.
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Adaption doesn’t always come with understanding of the original text; indeed, in many cases the sense of history and time is lost because the adapter has made it to personal, they have come into the project and captured the self-worth rather than the voice of that in which they intend to honour.
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The ability to work in the stream of conscious is a skill that doesn’t get enough commendation, to set out and complete an idea without reworking it to the point where it becomes sterile for the performer is a devotion to the belief of human ingenuity and unquestionable imagination at our disposal.
To do so though in the arena where the live performance hangs on the outcome of limited rehearsal and utilising only the new product to showcase your proficiency and musical power is beyond commendable, it is to be admired throughout.
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As children we might have sat on a wall somewhere and waved to the train as it passed by at speed, if we were fortunate to be seen by a friendly driver, we could be rewarded with a recognition of our interest with the sound of a horn, a blast of a whistle, or even at one time the enveloping steam from its funnel, and it would be the highlight of our day, a simpler time, a more enjoyable way to see the world as we understand the metaphor of life as we see A Passing Train go by.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
An album created with the intention of showcasing the voice and lyric with just one instrument aiding its delivery is a force to be reckoned with. Such is the confidence of the writer that the message will be acknowledged and understood without the listener being overladen with the sense of the sweeping through each instruments place as it attempts to magnify and highlight, to empathise the sound rather than the human expression of timbre control and unwavering faith.