Category Archives: Music

Novo Amor, Birthplace. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision * * * *

Haunting sounds and a vocal that defies the feeling of inhibited space, it is perhaps apt that Aberystwyth’s Novo Amor has called his new album Birthplace, as through the whole beautiful experience of listening to the recording you cannot but help but think of the times when you have heard a new born being placed in the loving arms of its mother and the secure but nervous hands of its father. It is a haunting and drama filled sound that escapes from the mouths of both the new born in mind, and for Novo Amour it is equally the start of something precious, something extraordinary.

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(381 words, 1 image, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

Ina Forsman, Been Meaning To Tell You. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Kipling may be seen to be an anathema in terms of experience in today’s opinionated world, his work under a certain type of microscope has garnered criticism, censure and in some quarters, out and out hate, he has become a poison to many, exhibiting traits that are unacceptable in a modern world. However, for whatever you may think of Rudyard Kipling, his assertion of twin imposters holds true, to treat triumph and disaster as one entity, the giving and taking away by fate and decree, then you will grow in strength, in both mind and spirit, you will find what everyone’s Been Meaning To Tell You, that life is a curve ball, not to be swerved, but to be met head on and dealt with, for in that movement stands victory.

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

Nicola Hardman, Forever (And Ever). Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Nothing lasts forever, nothing can withstand time and tide, and all too often we ignore those who suggest that it might be the moment in which to step back, evaluate and reflect upon the mystery of what we have achieved; however of nothing lasts forever, how then do we gauge just what time means to us, in what we see and hear, and in what we appreciate.

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

Rob Clarke And The Wooltones, Bring Me Wooltones This Year. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Stock up nuts, make sure the spirit is overflowing and perhaps pull a cracker or two, the time of year in which inhibitions go out the window, emotions are high and we all hope for that special something, some wish for peace on Earth, some the prospect of just a day to themselves and the quiet abandon afforded with solitude, for some the vision of Santa Claus dangling with his legs akimbo in thin air as he comes down the chimney is enough to put a smile on their red rose faces and chocolate spread delighted lips.

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(403 words, 1 image, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

Peter Bellamy, The Maritime Suite. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

For some the thought of not being recognised in their lifetime for their talent can constitute a drama, a performance of ideals that they might see going begging. This approach can be soul destroying, it can leave a mark on those coming up behind, perhaps influenced by the artist, a cycle of regret can be seen to take place, not realising that occasionally in the sadness of passing, comes a greater moment of beauty, of knowing that what you created will live on beyond your years and take hold of the future, and those that live with in its sphere, with pleasure.

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(521 words, estimated 2:05 mins reading time)

Molly Green, Boogie To The Beat. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

None of us dance to the same beat, the minor variations in what makes us take a tumble on the party floor of life is in the end what makes us unique, our flavours, our choices, whether to try our hand at Disco, or to continue living it up to salsa theme or grooving to melody of a Jazz combo, it is our own dance, it is the Boogie to the Beat we must endure.

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(346 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

Collateral, 4 Shots!. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

 

Believe the haters and nay-sayers and they will have you doubting your faith, that the confidence of your own heart and understanding is deemed to be faulted, to be viewed with suspicion, that scepticism is a god and that pure enjoyment on your scale is nothing short of an empty vessel, a tin can shouting to the wind and receiving nothing but scorn for its valour in the face of those who see fashion as their domain. Believe your own gut intuition, take what others say with reservation, see their point of view but don’t take their dogma as your own guideline.

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(477 words, 1 image, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Beans On Toast, A Bird In The Hand. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

If A Bird In The Hand is worth two in the bush, then in the labours of Beans on Toast it must hold an entire menagerie, a cornucopia of brightly feathered introspections and meanings that hold the attention of his listeners and fans with no exception.

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(425 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Ed Harcourt, Beyond The End. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Beyond The End is a realm in which few grant themselves the luxury of witnessing, so wrapped up in the now, in taking pictures and recording facts of the currently in vogue, they forget that all soon turns to dust, that in the land of the loved lyric and painted words, it is perhaps the tune that endures longer, patient and appreciated; they say that nothing is beyond the finish line of our existence, and yet, as renowned composers of the past have long since been able to demonstrate, their work has lived on past the tolling of any iron bell.

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(386 words, 1 image, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

Mersey Wylie, The Skin I Live In. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

In opening up our souls to love we find ways in which to deal with the darkness that stalks our everyday existence, it might be one that makes us breathe a little harder, our pulse that dwells otherwise unhindered to spark with fire, fury and beauty, we might fall, we could rise, whatever happens we must heed that which speaks to us inside and perhaps find a way to stride like a giant through castle halls and say that no matter what is thrown at us we can deal, we can be assured of hope with The Skin I Live In.

Mersey Wylie, The Skin I Live In. E.P. Review. full post

(349 words, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)