Category Archives: Music

Longstay, The Quarantine Sessions. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It is well and good that some who call themselves influencers find even more ways to talk down to the multitude when it comes to the idea of motivation, that their way is the only way to feel a crushing happiness in times when the world has changed inexplicably to one that has become almost unrecognisable, a shadow, an earthly path that has become crowded with brambles and weeds.

The Suns, Everything’s Coming Up Roses. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

A tribute does not always go hand in hand with respect, at best a moment recaptured can glow like the sun in the sky without a single cloud obscuring it, bright, worshipful, praiseworthy from all concerned, and then there are the times when it comes as crass, irresponsible, censured by parties and public alike. Tribute and respect though is an honour to which Liverpool’s The Suns hold deep in their souls, and when it comes to one of the city’s own, when it comes to the deep beauty that Colin Vearncombe provided in his guise of Black.

Only Child, Sound E.P. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Sound, it is important, it is vital for communication and the way we appreciate the message being offered to us; and whilst silence can speak volumes, it has been too much in evidence during 2020, silence has reigned, silence has kept us from being human, from being us.

Voodoo Six, Simulation Game. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

We never truly know who is watching our every move, who is beating the drum behind the scenes in our favour, or even those critically and actively finding ways to make our name slip gently into the arena of giants, all we can hope for is that it is for real, that the backing is one of truth and certainty and not some sort of hoax, pre-arranged and one that is in the back pocket of those that see life as an amusement to visit on the hopeful, that the Simulation Game is not one controlled by the liars, the thieves and the morally bankrupt.

Kenneth J. Nash, For Sarah. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Sometimes you don’t need to have read a thousand-page novel to understand just how complex the life of the writer is, and how they are striving to illuminate the life of sadness, of melancholic love. Occasionally a string of carefully laid out vignettes will achieve the same aim, signed, sealed, and delivered with open heart, For Sarah, for all that feel the time to heal when tragedy or adversity, strikes at the very centre of our world.

The Kitchen. Film Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Elisabeth Moss, Domhnall Gleeson, James Badge Dale, Brian d’Arcy James, Jeremy Bobb, Margo Martindale, Bill Camp, Common, E.J. Bonilla, Myk Watford, Wayne Duvall, Pamela Dunlop, John Sharian, Brian Tarantina, Will Swenson, Annabella Sciorra, Bernie McInerney, Sharon Washington, Matt Helm, Angus O’Brien, Ciaran O’Reilly, Nicholas Zoto, Maren Heary, Stephen Singer, Tatienne Hendricks-Tellefsen, Jordan Gelber, Brandon Uranowitz, Bernie Rachell, Tina Benko, Susan Blommaert, George Riddle, Tom Patrick Stephens, Ann McDonough, Joseph Russo.

Rachel Croft, Deep Water. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

When we are in Deep Water, we either learn how to swim and enjoy the freedom provided to us, or we hope that there is nothing lurking in the seemingly bottomless watery cavern beneath our kicking feet. Such is the fascination of the hidden depths, that it is no wonder we gravitate towards it when life becomes mundane, when we feel we can take on the stronger currents; for to survive Deep Water we must overcome the fear that it will drag us down to a place where we cannot get back to the safety, the senselessness of the shallow end of life.

The Coronas, True Love Waits. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

When you find yourself derailed by a moment in time to which you might share a common name, you can either surrender to it and lose track or you can stand against the force of the spiteful wind and patiently understand that it is nothing personal, that True Love Waits for you in all respects.

The Hellfire Club, A Different Song. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Smile broadly for the cameras above the red door, have the hatcheck boy take your coat and be escorted to your table of choice by one of the many hosts and hostesses who will provide you with the menu of originality and musical entertainment at no cost except to acknowledge the existence of The Hellfire Club and the chance to hear, for the passing of a crisp note baring a notable person’s face, A Different Song in progress.

The Jayhawks, XOXO. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Evolving does not mean betraying what you once were, and yet it seems for the multitude that it is an act of infidelity, of disloyalty to those that first lifted you up beyond the levels of obscurity, you have changed, grown, adapted to new thoughts and passions, however, for some you should be grateful to be at a place where you are loved for what you were, not what you can be.