Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There lives within each of us a small dark corner in which the appetite for darkness is ever gnawing at the psyche, like misguided moths with no appreciation for the sunlight, we have the ability to be drawn to the darkest parts of our fellow human beings, and it is only the brightness in our souls that stops us from being zapped or burned and seeing our moth like wings shattered.
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It has always been the feel of the British Noir, the black and white stand out persona and often photographed demeanour that has always endeared Hugh Cornwell to the British public, a sense of being one of the most open, honest and insightful men to ever grace a gig, and one that has the pulse of Time firmly within his grasp.
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You don’t expect to go through life, whether it is in the hope of muddling through, or with the clear objective plan which is subject to the whims of the gods and to those who will pull the rug from under your feet without even a casual hello, without some kind of change being offered to us, enforced at us, to expect the remains to be always the same is to witness life as if you were made of Wax, an unmoving figure, blank eyed, the only expression to be ever be seen, moulded by the hands of another.
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We are drawn to those who see the world as a place to explore, not to abuse, the people who seek ways in which to go from city to town and onto the path of their own choosing, never hampered by the dusty trails, the long road, or the final destination. We take pleasure in the stories of the ones willing to break out from the confines of life because secretly, no matter how much we enjoy our creature comforts of home, the knowledge of security, we are jealous of those who have the ability to become the Wanderer, the carefree or even mysterious soul.
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Rumours are spread by the insincere and listened to by fools and the conniving, and yet some rumours, especially the ones that come with the blessing of the sound of trumpets and played in tune to the ragtime and the energetic and cool, they are the ones in which to place your trust, to phone your friends with the gossip and the tale of pleasure to come; a quick word to those you know and trust to expediate the speculation onwards; and in prospect of Rag ‘n Roll, the Dutch masters, The Ragtime Rumours are true, the mood is swinging.
Liverpool Sound and Vision rating 8.5/10
The urge to smite your enemies is a powerful emotion in which some say you must resist, others take the softer approach, the more forgiving road in which the best way to treat those who have done you wrong is to think of their lives and see the problem through their eyes. To cut down and smash your anger aside or to hold close those who seek to destroy you, either way is up to you, but the impulse to Cleave is a craving that is only satisfied with songs of thunder and the rage of lightning surrounding your ears. It is after all, the finest form of Therapy?
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Without principle, Art is meaningless, even in the rich persuasive power of anarchy, there has to be a semblance of order, a sense of the unique and enlightening; for if there is no educational, instructive Progressive suggestion then there cannot be a world, however brief, of harmony.
It is in the unexpected harmony of the logical progression of sound that a type of anarchy exists as arguably the foremost Tabla players of his generation, Subhasis Bhattacharya, brings his latest creation, Tablananda, to the ears of an audience who adores him, and the surprising fresh and distinctive style in which will undoubtedly charm new appreciation from those who have not been introduced to this persuasive and principled discipline of music.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
There should be no offence taken, no reason in which the past cannot forgive the indiscretions of youth and whilst we must all account for the wrongdoings, the possible law-breaking we have committed, none of us can judge without admitting in person and with hand on heart, For My Crimes, I understand yours.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
For all the intrusiveness and demands that the internet makes on our time, it has one great, thankfully creative good in which it cannot be faulted; the knowledge that a musician that you have seen grow and loved, and despite distance, can still make an appearance on your computer device of truth and thrill you with their latest creation.
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It is the memory of soft urgency, the call out to the children at your feet, the young at heart who wait for you to make the final decision concerning the right time and place in which to give you the nod for the adventure ahead. Let’s Go Sunshine, let us heed the words of the informed, the dreamers, the awake and The Kooks, after all, adventure, in any form, is always worth exploring, it is forever worth the intrigue that once was saluted in the very heart of British popular music.