Category Archives: Music

The Sad Song Co., Saudade. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

You either scoff or feel the ominous noise of memory as you inhale the words of your parents as a young child, that you must make the most of what you have, for you will never be able to experience it again. It comes with the new, the novel moment when you realise for the first time that life is not only about adventure, but the collection of melancholic longing for a sense of joy that you can only harness in commemoration, never in the celebration of freshly acquired.

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(522 words, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

Hello Cosmos, Dream Harder. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Spectacle, in the wrong hands, is a towering achievement of manifestation over consistency and the application of truth; however, when utilised correctly, when moulded into shape by the edifying and unyielding, it becomes a persuasive argument in the fight against inertia and apathy.

To Dream Harder is to admit that what you desire is more than just merely the act of ownership, it is the acknowledgement that your destiny is guided by passion, it is not hidden away in a dark cupboard somewhere as if it the gift of want, more the belief that what you create will stand up in the face of detractors and be tangible evidence of your existence, of your imposed will on a chaotic Cosmos.

Hello Cosmos, Dream Harder. Album Review. full post

(387 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

Anna Elizabeth Laube, Annamania. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

In times past, as way of introduction, people would travel between kingdoms to future employers, or to non-family members to whom they were hoping to visit so they could perhaps take advantage of seeing for themselves the structure and architecture of the area, letters of introduction vouching for their fidelity, their trustworthiness, the fact that who they were could not be questioned because someone else took time to paint a picture of their past deeds and their personal achievements.

Anna Elizabeth Laube, Annamania. Album Review. full post

(471 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Voodoo Circle, Locked & Loaded. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

You don’t fix things that are not broken, but you can enhance them by returning to a classic setting and seeing what creative juices flow from the experience, watching, anticipating what will be released when the flood gates holding back the past are removed and the barriers flung open with a flourish.

Voodoo Circle, Locked & Loaded. Album Review. full post

(448 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time)

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.

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(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)