Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
By the time we understand, it becomes too late to enjoy what should be one of carefree learning and play, filled with unconditional love and surrounded by those who only want the best for us; never again to we feel The Freedom Of Our Childhood Hearts, the best we can do is too make sure those we bring into the world are blessed with such fortune.
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The chances of a new studio album from The Who are to say the least minute, an almost impossibility, that whilst would be welcomed by the fans, would surely be argued would go against the grain of declaring that the latest tour is certainly the final time we would see them live; a studio album would deflect that certainty, it would be an expectation of bank balance taking priority over ethics and high music morals.
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We often, in a modern setting, proclaim heroism when there is no such reality to our statement, we overlook the fight that a person may have had, the sense of sacrifice, the damage that comes with the continual punishment of grinding away at the surface of the soul; instead placing our congratulations at the feet of those whose success comes from a random act of serendipity and not pain or loss on a personal level.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The wastelands no longer belong to the teenagers of Generation X, thanks to political mismanagement by all, our structure of society is under threat thanks to the greed of those who not only saw the opportunity to make a fast buck, but to control the world in their image, like some new found God, their will be done by all, and we are to blame for allowing it to happen.
It could be considered too late to rectify, that the service we hold off from performing, the funeral song for our species and planet is nothing more than a Wasteland Requiem, a lament for all that was once held with dear appreciation.
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What makes the image of the California Girl so iconic, one of sun, warm seas, a dream sold to the idealistic and the dreamers never short of cash; the girl was a concoction of post war affluence and political will delivered by propaganda and desire, and one that persists in the minds of the everyday and the visionaries ready to make fantasies come true.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
When we are afforded time to truly immerse ourselves into our passions, something resplendent and incredible can be witnessed to have taken place; like magic being waved over those with drive, imagination and ability, but who lack Time due to outside forces commanding their attention, what transpires is a sense of purity revealed by light.
We live in a period of time where we are punished for nourishing our souls, others finding fault with our need to fulfil our promise and making demands on every second as if they are the sole dominant force in the universe.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
To be able to look back with hindsight and understand the sheer hiding to nothing that UFO were under as they released their first album without Michael Schenker for the first time since 1971’s UFO 2: Flying is to know that Rock’s perpetual cycle of renewal is what keeps it fresh, forceful, and unpredictable.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The Truth Comes Out Eventually, the only difference between ruin or embarrassment and that of relief and possibly even acceptance is how it is presented to the masses; and for that we must be seen to offer ourselves up as examples of repentant honesty, admitting where our heart may lay, what art we aspire to bring to the world; but never once apologising for the opportunity to lay our souls bare.
We all must yearn for the significance that comes with emotional release, we must maintain value in soul, and truth, whilst always repeated through a person’s own interpretation, is always, if produced with sincerity, to be haunting and faithfully encompassing.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Fast on the heels of the vinyl reissue of the band’s once ‘forgotten’ album, Has Anyone Here Seen Seigfried?, Ruf Records have once again delved into the history of early American Progressive Rock favourites Pavlov’s Dog, and brings to the attention of the fans and the collectors alike the third album from the group, released originally in 1990, Lost In America.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
On the back of the single Rise, the West Country-based foursome that make up the powerful entity of Beckon The Wyrd, the brand-new album Out Of The Armoury sits atop of a castle’s keep with the knowledge that its foundations dig deep into the earth below, that its walls are robust and immune to the pounding of the beige in search of complications, and the forge that creates the weapons of words and music roars with satisfaction and keeps the wielders of the genre on vigilant guard and ready to take on the world.