Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The hope of a New Year can often be filled with expectation that is derived from fighting the anxiety of the one that is passing by, that our projection is one that can find us trapped in the same old routine, the same passing fears, the orgy of resolutions laid waste, fallen soldiers on the mound of good intentions and one that can seem to find the future, the tomorrows of our future possibility rather than days which seem immaterial.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
A personal truth revealed is a Crown restored, and a series of introspective declarations are the jewels that sit atop and give that crown its definition, its shape, the depth of feeling, not for atonement, but of apology to the soul; for burdened is the head that wears the crown, and in honesty the feeling of integrity relieves the pain upon the wearer, the possessor of the polished metal garland is redeemed, and the soul is lightened.
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How long we must all wonder what it would it feel like to scream from the rooftops that This Is My World, that the decisions are mine, the simple exercise of traversing the land and not being tied by convention, by outdated dogma, of being led to our graves by those who have their own agenda, one in which seeks to control the lives of all that is within their sphere of direction.
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There will be arguments in the years, even decades, ahead on how we observe the passing of time that history has placed us in, as 2020 rolls in 2022 and perhaps beyond for an indefinite period of time, of how we should commemorate, even lay to rest the moment When The World Stood Still.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Two sides of the same coin, both coming up heads and with wide brimmed smiles of comfort and insight radiating from in between the edges of American Folk; this is the place where a child of the atomic age rubs shoulders with the influence and study of far and wide culture, and the result is one of harmonious interaction and pleasing delivery, a significant spectrum of colour in a world that can at times find the coin landing edgeways on and confusing all who witness it.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The class just keeps flowing and surging through the releases under the extensive and noble effort that surrounds Finnish rockers Lordi and their seven series boxset Lordiversity; and three albums in the outstanding Humanimals takes its bow at the front of the pack and blows any thought of stagnation in the new year completely and utterly away.
Such is the strength of the songs that have burst forth that it can be seen as prophetic, almost visionary that it has taken such a band to do what others have failed to do in the past, continually deliver high drama, interest, and persuasion where others have faltered in their hunt for consistency over several albums in a short space of time.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The word retrospective should always bring joy to the ears of the music lover. By its very existence it sounds more alluring, grander, more encompassing than the idea of a ‘greatest hits’ or the notion of a ‘best of’, for in its design it is surely meant to inform the listener of the totality of the music on offer rather than being picked as a crowd pleaser, an album which is designed to be in the charts rather than educating the intrigued with an entire catalogue of work.
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How do we return to a starting point without it seeming as though we have come back to pay a debt or resume an acquaintance, the sure-fire way is to perhaps agree that unfinished business is a part of life, that it is not so much of a return, as an exercise in continuation, the added extra bonus chapter to a much loved and admired novel that no one was expecting!
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
In A Town Called Nothing the Ghosts On Tape are worth their weight in gold, for in exposing the mystery that walks two worlds, the corporeal and the as yet unknown, we could arguably find harmony, we would certainly encounter spirit, and despite others believing there is some kind of morbid interest, a death hag stance in which the sound of the beyond interests us more than the joy of the living, it is that harmony of both worlds that inspires us to create art that encompasses both states of humanity.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
A Dark Carnival resides within us all, we might not allow the fair rides and galleries to be accessed by just anyone with the five shillings required to gain entry, but once inside they will come to appreciate what exactly drives the carriages onwards, it may not be their cup of tea, they might consider it more of a lengthy ghost train that has far too much emphasis on fate rather than celebration, but it is honest, it is a different kind of beauty in which to focus upon and one that is in reality a brighter ride to enjoy than one shrouded in make believe.