Category Archives: Music

Pink Floyd, Delicate Sound Of Thunder (2020 Reissue). Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Nostalgia is not always what you remember, but how it is framed when you return to the memory later on.

In the modern era we are dealt on a daily basis the chance to renew memories constantly, what you think you knew is constantly revised, changed, altered to the point where in some artistic version of 1984 and the endless re-editing of history to make it more palatable to the party line, the song that once remained the same, has now the power to be different.

Pink Floyd, Delicate Sound Of Thunder (2020 Reissue). Album Review. full post

(557 words, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

Katie McNally Trio, Now More Than Ever. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Now More Than Ever we should be looking at ourselves in the eye and asking ourselves a simple question, what can we achieve whilst time is seemingly against us, and the honest, the sincere answer should not be one shrouded in excuses, in the feelings of what if we fail, but in the words of Erin Hanson,”What if you fly?”

Katie McNally Trio, Now More Than Ever. Album Review. full post

(443 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

Crush Limbo, Purveyors of Mayhem. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The Punk attitude wrapped up in an anarchistic heart and maintained by the natural urge to speak out against the powers of indifference, ignorance and inadequacy, that is what is needed now, not fine speeches of a gilded future and only stopping short of quoting some euphemistic utopian dream, but a duty to tell the truth, to let people understand for themselves that the mess we have allowed to fill up the sewers beneath our feet, has not only backed up and spilling out the country’s toilets, but is on the streets and the children yet to come are playing in it with our blessing.

Crush Limbo, Purveyors of Mayhem. Album Review. full post

(537 words, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

Strangeness & Charm, Music For The Book Of Deer. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Religion in any form has long inspired the artist to create a passionate response, especially if it is the form of searching for an answer themselves or being overwhelmed by an artifact or a vestige of humanity’s adherence to scripture in the days when such historical objects held a deep spiritual belief in the soul and the mind.

You don’t have to be religious to appreciate beauty, to see the humanity in creation and the vision to which the divine appears to all who wish to understand how we fit into the universe at large, that for some, the gift of symbolism is tied to feeling part of something unexplainable, something tangible in the heart.

Strangeness & Charm, Music For The Book Of Deer. Album Review. full post

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

AC/DC, Power Up. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

In a time when the everyday is considered both mind-numbingly static and constantly galloping out of control, it is to feel a sense of reassuring stability that can be held onto in the chaos, the sandstorm of unremitting fear that frames the known unknown in which the strength of constancy is but a small but powerful pleasure, that AC/DC  return and offer a reminder of permanence that the Rock lover didn’t know they were to be graced with.

AC/DC, Power Up. Album Review. full post

(588 words, estimated 2:21 mins reading time)

Paloma Faith, Infinite Things. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

In a period of time which is dictated by a constant nagging doubt, in which the best laid plans of mice and the boundless enthusiasm and character of many has been pushed aside in a limited, confined, waking vision, to be able to partake in someone’s dream of completion is to revel in the majesty of human endeavour. Whilst some might argue that writers and musicians can still hold on to their work compared to others in society, they still need to find inspiration in the outside world and the Infinite Things that bring forth concepts and faith together.

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(443 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

Communic, Hiding From The World. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Britain may be, in some eyes, the epitome of Metal and the often derided, and yet fulfilling, centre of the Progressive movement, but there is no denying the sense of beauty and epic which comes from the heartlands of Scandinavia, that the ability to weave a glorious tale that unmistakably captures the essence of old Norse sagas and stories that brought to life the world of heroes such as Beowulf, of Thor, and Odin.

Communic, Hiding From The World. Album Review. full post

(392 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

The 19th Street Band, Diamond In The Rough. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 9/10

Some people aspire to be seen as something they can never be, others to shine and lure like untapped gold in a seam, for the special breed though, for those that choose to reflect light and make a room full of people gasp at how they are then seen, to be the Diamond in the Rough is the understanding that being special is not about making others envious, to make them seethe and writhe in jealousy, but to make them feel good about life, to make them believe in their own self-worth.

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(371 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

When Rivers Meet, We Fly Free. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Not everyone has the natural movement of swagger gushing out of every pore, not everyone has the ability to cause a tornado to turn tail and steer clear of the hurricane they employ when performing, and few can announce themselves in such a way that it makes you wonder why the world in all its glory, has not found a way to be more accommodating to those that deliver in spades without finding ways to tear them down, to make all feel as though there is war against artistry and creativity being waged.

When Rivers Meet, We Fly Free. Album Review. full post

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

Mark Smith, The King & The Dragon. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

In our rush to embrace the modern age, where we believe our lives are governed by a progress that is all knowing, where we believe we have a say in every decision made and that our lives matter to those we entrust our vote with, we have forgotten one detail to which put us, as a species, on the road to shaping the planet in our image; that of chivalry, of gallantry and the mark of respect to those who pave the way of tales of sorcery and the values and allegories of the Knight and the quest to which they are bonded.

Mark Smith, The King & The Dragon. Album Review. full post

(601 words, estimated 2:24 mins reading time)