Category Archives: Music

Leonie Jakobi, You’re So Special. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Did you ever see someone pass you by and you instinctively knew that they were the one, hear someone talk with authority and wit and understand the sense of extraordinary, or at least think that you were fortunate just once to be in the same as a creative genius and think You’re So Special? If you were placed in that position would you put it down to providence or timing, fate or the call of the universe showing you a glimpse, a tantalising look behind the velvet curtain at where the belief in hard work and the cogs and gears of the human machine play with unique intervention.

Leonie Jakobi, You’re So Special. Single Review. full post

(429 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Ally Venable. Heart Of Fire. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The sleeves have got to rolled up and the fierce nature of love has got to show its face without fear, but with humility of spirit firmly set on the irresistible belief that good and reason will win the day when dark days threaten to overwhelm us.

Courage is never to be discouraged, and a Heart Of Fire must always be acknowledged as being one to follow, to see it rage, to feel its passion, the rolled up sleeves of industry might get scorched from the orange flames of the personal inferno that builds, but at least they will have been touched by greatness, by a soul willing to endow real meaning to the phrase “Youth Quake“.

Ally Venable. Heart Of Fire. Album Review. full post

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

Jump, Breaking Point. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

What some might see and react to as the voice and sound of the discontent and filled with drama, is actually the conscience of the honest and trusted being spoken with clarity of thought, an ethic, an integrity, by definition those who seek to stop others from reaching their Breaking Point because it is morally right to stem the pain inflicted by the unfeeling and morally bankrupt on those who cannot defend their soul from the constant attacks and mind games employed by lesser people.

Jump, Breaking Point. Album Review. full post

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

Bobhowla, Everything’s Wrong, But It’s Alright. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

In times of darkness, we have two meaningful choices, we can either comfortably let the stagnation erode us from the inside out, leaving the shell but not the will of the person we once were, or arguably we can embrace the opportunity to address the situation, confront it, and even if we fail to solve the issue, then at least we will have shown our humanity for what it is, one of absolute daring and adventure.

Bobhowla, Everything’s Wrong, But It’s Alright. Album Review. full post

(410 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

The Voodoo Sheiks, Norm. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Defiance in the face of uncertainty is a measure in which to know the protagonist of any story or tale. it is one of the reasons why we embrace the spirit of characters in literature who display guile, wit, cunning and intelligence, as well as vision.

This sense of defiance is why Beowulf will always vanquish Grendel despite being complex and flawed, why Sherlock Holmes endures even in a world that has seen police procedure surpass his intellect, and why the likes of Marvel’s Captain America still captures the imagination despite the attentions of a crowd that wishes to denigrate and vilify such actions undertaken by the graphic novel hero…defiance in the face of uncertainty is not an act of recklessness, it is the underpinning of courage.

The Voodoo Sheiks, Norm. Single Review. full post

(463 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Thom Morecroft, The Beast. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There are the creatures that howl when they are cornered, when they are pushed against the wall with the intention of directed pain, and there is the silent stare of beauty and appreciation which when the pressure becomes too much, too hot, too raw, results in a sudden explosion of noise that creates monumental electricity and a storm that releases The Beast and which the beauty cannot help but admire.

Thom Morecroft, The Beast. Single Review. full post

(378 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

Steve Lukather, I Found The Sun Again. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Even the hardest of working souls need to feel the warmth on their face and the pleasure of company, the friends that tell them they have made a difference to the world, the ones that smile without fear when the recipient of the compliment declares with open heart and mind, “I Found The Sun Again“.

Steve Lukather, I Found The Sun Again. Album Review. full post

(590 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)

Mike Blue, Dark Daze. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

These are times of illusion, confusion and stagnation, everything is moving at a pace of change in the way the daily slog dares not imagine, the sense of disproportion is damaging. For these are Dark Daze, staggering shock, constant calls for clarity, and ones for the poets to search out their own reasons to dispel the coming storm, to add a voice of harmony so that the clouds roll on past and that evaporate, like bad dreams, in the emerging sun.

Mike Blue, Dark Daze. Album Review. full post

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

Jessica Luise, Nice Try. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

We are urged to try, and if we should fail, to try again, the experience somehow making us more immune to the sense of impending defeat or bitter loss that we feel in our hearts. Like Robert the Bruce, the sense of history weighs upon us by observing the courage of one who inspires with their actions and fortitude, and the oohs and ahhs of those behind us who appreciate the attempt but never quite understand the anxiety and pressure of wanting to believe that a Nice Try should count for something more than pity.

Jessica Luise, Nice Try. Single Review. full post

(396 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

Pete McClelland, The Way Back To You. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The Way Back To You is one that the adventurer and the lover will often talk passionately of, but rarely undertake, knowing full well that what lies in wait is more than just temptation or the rekindling of a former affection, but also regret, one steeped perhaps in loss and recriminations; and it is in the end only the seeker of forgiveness, of the story teller, and the poet, that The Way Back To You becomes apparent, it is one of open ended compassion, of acceptance, a few fruitful lines in which to woo life and love as equal partners.

Pete McClelland, The Way Back To You. Album Review. full post

(376 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)