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In the simplest of actions can lay the decisions of genius. No matter what form the art or scene takes, a moment of perceived simplicity, of creative minimalism is towering and deserving of the audience’s full and unequivocal attention; there is no other way to laud an album which is grounded and passionate, one that understands It Starts With The Soul.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Chris Bevington could never be the kind of musician, or man, that anyone would accuse of ever dreaming of never giving anything less than his absolute dedication to the cause ahead. This is not a person who would Cut and Run, rather, he would be the one leading the fight, the guitar by his side, the fingers picking at the air beside it, ready to fire at a moment’s notice; a lawman in the old Wild West, ready to always do what is right in the service of the badge of Blues.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
A lot can and will be written about British Folk music in the early part of the 21st Century, its resurgence as a defining genre, the ability of its players, the songs and tunes performed. If there is no book on the subject forthcoming as we unimaginably speed through the first 20 years of this time in which we sit on the precipice of greatness and equally on the edge of the chasm of folly, then the world will be a darker place for the lack of passion raised.
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Regret and shame, two states of being that eat away at our souls and minds, sometimes to the point in which the body starts to fade, the skin taking on a grey tinge which grows and spreads over time and the brutal pounding of the heart as it tries its best to stay in tune, feeling the abandonment and the suffering of its owner but unable to rectify the situation unless the person finds a way to love themselves again.
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Music must progress, to allow it to stand still is to ask that the rain must never fall, that the sun must forever shine only on the privileged and that winds of good fortune and ill favour must always be separated into those who some higher power decrees it be upon. Music must be bold, music must flow like rivers drift and curse into the wider seas and oceans, it must shift course and it must take hold of the listener in ways they never expected it to; it must always remain a mystery in which the dutiful audiophile must explore and always understand that it can never be truly understood.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
In the heat of a spoilt Texas night, the sound of crickets and the thoughts of music gone by are sure to be illuminating, if not in many cases intimidating; add to that the beauty of the American Country ballad or the passion of a song that lights up the face when played in a bar that seems to be a few miles off down a dirt road and frequented by those with an absolute lust for the genre at hand, then you know you have been bitten by the gentle taste of the deep South and the mix of harmony that comes from Rock and Country.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
In The Clouds, so much goes on that we cannot comprehend fully the way it affects our lives, this once strange realm in which poets pondered and the visionary dreamed, where we believed that giants slept and snored, and in which flights of fancy are the now everyday as millions cross the clouds in search of adventure, home and freedom.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
It is the song of the eternal optimist, and in this world that we seek solace in, sometimes it is the only words of comfort that we dare believe in, that we ever think will keep us warm. When Hell threatens to freeze over, when the Sun in all its glory, dims, hides in the shadows and blames the path of the moon for the eclipse of rational thinking available; Love Will Keep Us Together is the cry of old, of hope and of the possible future to which we cling to, that when all else fails, love is the measure in which our souls are tested.
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If there was an award for ergonomic design, of spacious interlude and a towering view across the palatial and regal within music, then it could be argued that Jason Wagers and his music under the banner of Nova Flares would surely win hands down. The setting of the Progressive undertones flowing freely with the textured might of instrumental harmony always deserves such freedom to explore, it is after all the only healthy option, the only sensible choice in which to stand.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
No matter where you look now, or in the company you keep, there is always a voice that is loud and demonstratively clear that proclaims that there is no depth to the music that sits in the days we share, that it is almost a void of emotional attachment that people don’t wish to acknowledge, the thought perhaps of the very act of exploring and enjoying new music from even the more established names of the world, being one in which is in the bounds of the traitor and the deserter to what went before.