Category Archives: Music

Chris Cleverley, We Sat Back And Watched It Unfold. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

We may be the product of our ancestor’s genetics being passed down, but what arguably defines us as human beings is the environment in which we are raised and the conversations to which we are encouraged to be part of, even in secret, the whispers of revelation to which reveal our outlook on society and how we come to terms with the possible inaction we hold up as a placard when we don’t understand the questions being posed.

King Voodoo, 4. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

That Voodoo that you do so well can quite often pale into significance when placed against the virtues and endeavours of others; not that it should, but as you feel the warmth of other’s words caress your own psyche it can lead you on a path to which the dolls act more than pin cushions of memory, they are the conduit to the moment when you find yourself embracing the King Voodoo.

It’s Karma It’s Cool, Raised by Engineers. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The upbeat and the sincere are not always keen bed fellows, they are the strands at polar opposites of their emotions to which logic and dreams have no business being together; and yet occasionally the dance throws them together, the sound too addictive to ignore, and when this sense of unforeseen love tangos in perfect unison, you can believe that they were both Raised by Engineers, and not by romantic poets.

Alan Triggs, The Air I Breathe. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We take it for granted as we walk along the street, and yet something deep within us hopefully understands that but for the grace of our own circumstances and internal fortitude, we too could be flat-lining, we might be out cold on the pavement and with nobody caring about us, only the sideways glance and the downward stare of derision the only contact being made.

Allison Lupton, Words Of Love. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The Words Of Love are those that we carry with us beyond Time, and quite often reason, they are the whispers in the darkness that give us hope, they are the continuation of the tale when all other sentences are lost in the mist or the fog of deserted expectancy; they are also the ones that can carry a deeper meaning than any threat of compliance, but they can be tinged in the art of the subterfuge and illicit. Such is love and the brave soul that whispers good intentions.

Beth Hart, War In My Mind. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The drive to silence the battle that goes on in our thoughts and in our heads is such that sometimes we may feel as if we are two different people fighting for supremacy over what may be considered right and wrong, what is best for us and the realisation that most of the time we want others to be in a position where they are also happy, even if it means we have to let go of our own wish list and potential desires.

Marco Cinelli & Danny Del Toro, Delta Overflowin’. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

History is normally something that we learn and digest, not feel. We spend our time picking over facts, debating on the finer points of the information. We forego, we ignore the living sentiment that comes from feeling the heartbeat that comes down the metaphorical downstream and the price we have paid for such disregard is that empathy for another’s thoughts and story is downgraded, seen as nothing more than a quick narration to be stored but never understood.

Status Quo, Backbone. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

There is always a hole, that no matter how it is filled in, concreted over or even disguised, that retains memory, we cannot look at the space that has been occupied with genuine passion or need without ever remembering what was originally there.

Such is the fate of Status Quo’s latest album, Backbone, a loving reminder of what a set of songs from one of Britain’s finest, and much loved bands but one more than coloured in sadness and the feeling of the motion than in the pleasing urgency and centre stage exuberance than the fans, and even the general public, would be used to, or even arguably expect.

Danny Bryant, Means Of Escape. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Wearing your heart upon your sleeve could lead to you being seen as a target for the kind of people who enjoy the art of self-sacrifice, the ones that find ways to continue the suffering of those who seek enlightenment, reflection, self-determination as they evolve and grow into the realm of the spectacular and driven. However, those that have the confidence to openly declare their feelings, who never betray for a single minute their emotions and sentiments, are richly rewarded with the art of the world and the Means Of Escape that their belief holds dear.

Become The Sky, Aurora. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We watch the seed germinate with a sense of awe and admiration for the natural order, the cycle of birth and growth, and yet we arguably forget about the instance in which the seed was planted, what it took for the initial stream of thought which cried out to be heeded, that we should reach out beyond the violent skies that surround us and touch instead a sense of gratifying eternity and once held ghosts of the solar lights.