Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
You shouldn’t judge a new album by the single that precedes it, a lie we often tell ourselves in the pursuit of new music that we hope will fulfil and nourish the soul, that what comes first must surely just be a stepping stone to the ultimate goal reached when every song is played, and we pray will leave us exhilarated and satisfied as when we first opened our ears to the possibility as the single rang out, catching our eager attention.
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We live in a world where loyalty is questioned and where fidelity is routinely interrogated as if it were part of a plot to overthrow a balance in nature where the suspicious and sceptical are the main players to be concerned of; everyone wants to be feel as if they are the only ones capable of showing such trust, that their word is not just a bond, but is the only one others can trust.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Where the children lead, is where the adults follow to hear the music being played, if a child stops on the street to hear something being performed, a tune playing with the surrounding air, then the parent or guardian should, and must, stop as well, for in that moment in the hands of the unknown pied piper, the gregarious guitar picker or The Pan Piper that gives the nation’s shoppers its background soundtrack as they idly walk around in a glaze of credit, a kind of magic, a spell conjured, is to be observed.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
A life on the road, a modern view to which the great American, the father of the Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac, would no doubt find daunting to maintain in this combustible and ego driven age; the beat would perhaps be too random to maintain, the exploits and adventures would not only be frowned upon, but there would be placards and demonstrations staged against such a creative artist stepping foot on the highway or even performing words of wisdom for the world.
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When you think of what monumental actually means, the images such a word can bring to mind, you would be within your rights to argue that it is a discussion with others that would centre around historic events or even the sense of Time captured in the raising of a building, an iconic feature on the landscape, whether by human design or by nature’s own fearsome vision, monumental is to the naked human eye, a jaw-dropping colossus that cannot be tamed but to which civilisation is based upon.
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The tragedy of human existence is that it is over in the blink of an eye, just as we find out who we are, we return to the void and the cold, having only achieved and realised an infinitesimal amount of the potential energy we were capable of doing. The same feeling of tragedy can be seen in the way we talk endlessly of change but in which thanks to our own inability to agree on how to progress, what the end result should be, we are left, generation after generation, son after father, daughter after mother, asking with an air of damning frustration in the voice the loaded question, Where’s The Revolution?
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The magician will allow you a sneak peek at the illusion they have prepared for you to be entranced by, the artist will refuse you even a cursory glance of their work in progress until they are quite sure that light and truth is perfect alignment, and the guests at The Wake will throw a party whilst the casket is fully open; in this overflowing titbit are we offered the full experience of the Perfumes and Fripperies to which life is seen as both a joy and a reconciliation.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
These are days of wonder and spiritual emptiness rolled into one giant ball of unforgiving sense of isolation and barrenness which is hard to contend with, even harder to reconcile and comprehend. In such times we must take every opportunity to beat our breastbone and keep the heart going, to undertake acts of compassion, to feel the warmth of anger, for whilst there is art, hope and the sound of a muscle moving underneath our ribs, then there is every chance the days ahead will clear and reveal we can live with Desolate Days.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Everyday we are reminded that Time is leaving us behind in its wake, we might hang on to its digital coattails, we might keep up with it until we start to lose breath, patience or our heart demands we slow down, but in the end, Time finds ways to pursue a different beat to which we cannot fathom the tune, that Time Is Going Faster should be understood, recognised and held onto for as long as humanly possible.
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The unrest of the soul is universal, we have become damaged, we have declined in our ability to strive unceasingly and make good a promise to keep the planet we live on safe from harm; if neglect was not a wicked enough a crime to commit, to wilfully create disorder, eco chaos and a sickness of self, then to seek out the place Where The World Is Thin and dismiss the atmosphere as delicate, is missing the point, for where the world is thin, then strength of purpose is redoubled, renewed and amplified so that all may hear the declaration of intent.