Category Archives: Music

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.

Rachel Croft, Deep Water. Single Review. full post

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

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 Coronas, True Love Waits. Album Review. full post

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

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 Hellfire Club, A Different Song. Album Review. full post

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

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.

The Jayhawks, XOXO. Album Review. full post

(353 words, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

Pressgang Mutiny, Across the Western Ocean. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

We are driven by sound every day, whether in the form of industry or of nature, we cannot escape it, for in silence they say comes peace, and yet for many silence isn’t golden, it is the anathema that fills all time, from ship to shore, from coast to shining coast and Across the Western Ocean, we need sound, we need to feel that there is more to life than the suppression of the resonating hum which guides us onwards.

Pressgang Mutiny, Across the Western Ocean. Album Review. full post

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

Zoe Graham, Gradual Move. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Yesterday and tomorrow might seem like times that we can do nothing about, however if we refuse to acknowledge their existence, if we deny that thy have baring on the moment, then it stands to reason that they will inevitably find ways to hurt the present, the Gradual Move of human existence that lives between the tick and the tock.

Zoe Graham, Gradual Move. E.P. Review. full post

(333 words, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

Jefferson Starship, Mother Of The Sun. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

New life is constantly being breathed into existence, not where it is expected, but where it is required most. In a time of uncertainty, in a period of unrest and upheaval, it is perhaps uniquely human to wonder where we stand, where we as a species have gone wrong, and whilst the answer remains in the realm of unchecked consumerism and want, the blame can also be placed at the way we treat our souls as if they are items for sale rather than to be nourished.

Jefferson Starship, Mother Of The Sun. E.P. Review. full post

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

Oh Susanna, Sleepy Little Sailor. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision * * * *

Melancholy is the appreciation of art that you cannot allow your heart to feel, that you immerse yourself into the Kitchen Sink drama because your soul will not take comedy seriously, the love of Blues and the sadness of stirring string symphonies is there because Jazz has no meaning except for those willing to dance and delight in perpetual joy.

Oh Susanna, Sleepy Little Sailor. Album Review. full post

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

Roachford, Twice In A Lifetime. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Eventually you reach a point in life where satisfaction, pride, and the sense of achievement collide, where you realise that all there was that went before was just a prelude, one obviously of learning, of adaption, and hopefully of fine tuning and fun. To find that feeling in your heart and soul once is a gift, to recognise it a second time is embrace the knowledge that you have always been able to hold fast to the dream of endurance, patience and survival; that Twice In A Lifetime is a freedom of expression granted to so few.

Roachford, Twice In A Lifetime. Album Review. full post

(476 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Jack Spann, Jesus Of New Orleans. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Where to begin, it is the story of redemption and peace, sinners absolved, of preaching harmony and love for your neighbour and urging disdain for the material and for the unholy…but that was such a long time ago, a different time, a different place, and without ever wishing to deal with the idea of conjuring up the practise of blasphemy, the teachings of a prophet can surely have no place in rock and roll, but the wisdom of the Jesus of New Orleans can, and will have your feet willing to do more than walk on water, it will have them dancing as if they had been charged up by a mortal god.

Jack Spann, Jesus Of New Orleans. Single Review. full post

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