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A collector never stops finding new ways to add to their bulging corpus, the body of work or the musical exchange of information which sheds lights and offers illumination to how the world turns for them; by fair means, or sometimes foul and once illegal, they find solace in being able to place another version of what they consider beauty on a pedestal and let the spirit of their find fill their soul beyond measure.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
There are times when history, when events that rock the world, overtakes us and puts loss into meaning. The listener finds the moment of a new release perhaps by a group, a much-loved entertainer, both a thrill, a moment of seismic beauty, and one that is shrouded by the memory of what was once giant built of granite, now reduced to serve as a signpost that instructs the audiophile and the fan that childhood and forever teenage rebellion has reached its end.
Liverpool Sound and Vision 9/10
It seems that there are names that circle the arts world for such a long time that the listener, the watcher of all things that have beauty attached to their soul, becomes attached to their output, gets used to the smile of groove that comes their way, and, certainly in the case of local music where you might have had the privilege of attending a moment in time where they graced the stage and delivered early musings and collected passions to come, it can come as a shock when you realise just how great they have been and have yet to deliver that debut album which you have been keenly waiting for.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Not everyone deserves to be visited by another’s interpretation of Karma, sometimes what is wished upon another human being is just sly vengeance for a slight imagined, revenge in the guise of spiritual punishment for one person not getting their own way; however It’s Karma It’s Cool is a different matter entirely, everyone should get this, all should feel the karmic attraction come their way, and in the addictive new single by the Lincolnshire band, the superb sounding Coffee Cup Circles, Karma doesn’t come to bite the listener on the nether region, it comes to add to the delight of the day.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Nothing is ever truly lost or swept aside, nothing is forgotten, only emotions and retrospective can make a difference to that which was placed in drawers, locked in steel containers, or placed in a box that was securely hidden from view. The sense of release when one looks back at those artistic moments which were maybe too big to contemplate at the time, is second only to making sure that the One Way Out for them is to allow the light of day to bring the beauty, the sheer force of nature attached to them, out into the open, and be celebrated.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Why stand in the shadows of someone else’s dreams when you can be rooted, Grounded, by respect of being unique; even in a group, a large gathering delivering art, it is possible to see the experience as being something matchless, distinctive, exceptionally rare and powerful.
To be grounded is an act of defiance in a world that only wants to see excess, to witness fame and offer a sense of misguided hope that a certain listener or viewer can have some kind of life that they deem so impressive that they would almost give their soul away cheaply just to be able to attend a star-studded party in the hope they get recognised.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
There is nothing wrong with showboating, even revelling in excellence, of being so technically adept that your brilliance shines through and keeps you at the top of your game with no one seriously challenging your crown, and yet expertise, specialised connoisseurship, is wasted if you don’t allow the soul to be seen, to be felt, to be heard beating in time with the heart.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/0
To suggest we come from nothing is to dismiss all that your ancestors, close relatives or long since forgotten forebears achieved in their lifetime and passed in down through memory and tales, it is to suggest that lives were of little consequence to the world, that it is only through your own existence that Time has been fortunate and that yourself have the power of changing history.
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Impressive, moving, imposing itself upon the senses and the mind from the very start until its final lament, such is the striking set of songs brought forth under the banner of Stand Up Now – A Compilation Of Folk Agricultural Folk Songs, that it takes a while for the listener to find their composure once more in the face of extraordinary beauty and honesty, that those three initial thoughts are but the first in a long line of adjectives that make the heart sing when listening to the various artists on offer.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The nature of our times dictates that we believe we have more freedom than we have ever had, and yet we have become more entrenched in the cage that keeps apart from what is important, the open spaces, wide, reliable, unfailing in consistency; and instead, we cling to the incongruous and absurd, the unsuitable and ill-fitting straight jacket that locks us up securely, and we praise its ability to do so.