Category Archives: Music

Emma Stevens, To My Roots. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Emma Stevens has been heroic and sensual in her music as she releases songs and plays live to audiences, now in To My Roots, the singer/songwriter, written with long time friend Charlie Midnight, takes the next step on her journey and strikes out of the whisper and into the realm of the tigress prowling her domain, protecting the creativity that has been nurtured but also knowing with bold assuredness that they stand on their own two feet and roar willingly on their own accord.

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(348 words, 1 image, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

John Jenkins And Megan Louise, Silhouettes. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We look to America to provide a solid warmth when it comes to music, a sense of genre that for all the greatness the British possess when it comes to music writing and undoubtedly the home of pop music, Folk and the spiritual home of Heavy Metal, we just cannot truly get to grips with Americana or the Country ballad, some bands capture it but as a whole the difference between the two musical empires of the past comes down to the structure and lay out of the country itself.

John Jenkins And Megan Louise, Silhouettes. Single Review. full post

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

50ft Warrior, 50ft Warrior. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Everything that goes around will eventually find its way back home, in terms of music you will come across a song that reminds you so much of the days when the radio was the true emperor of all it surveyed, when bands could be assured they would be listened to and earn respect, when a female vocalist could tear your heart out with absolute joy and you would love her for it; when everything comes back around in your life, you had better make sure that 50ft Warrior are right at the head of the queue.

50ft Warrior, 50ft Warrior. Single Review. full post

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

Alice Cooper, Paranormal. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The double edged sword of accessibility is one to always be wary of, in art it can be both a boon and a curse and the sad tales of those that have tread along the metaphorical boards in once former heavy Doc Martens only to trade them in for the softer furnishings of a pair of fluffy slippers are littered along the sides of regret and ambition.

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(486 words, 1 image, estimated 1:57 mins reading time)

Kim Seviour, Recovery Is Learning. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

You never like to think that a vocalist of such immense raw and sensual power as Kim Seviour would ever fade away into the background, that the former lead singer of Touchstone would ever disappear from the scene due to external circumstances; thankfully and with a resounding musical smile, Ms. Seviour is made out of granite, sturdy steel and her new debut solo album reflects fully the grace that the woman exudes, that she has fully embraced the mantra that Recovery Is Learning.

Kim Seviour, Recovery Is Learning. Album Review. full post

(419 words, 1 image, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

Betty Moon, Chrome. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Canada has always been quietly hip, the place to have some background in, it might not have had the appropriation of the vogue placed upon it as cities in America or Europe was lavished with by the so called fashionably elite, the Madison Square set or the Carnaby Street trendy. Instead, Canada’s appeal wasn’t in the passing fancy but in the long term benefits, its wide outdoors, the feeling of freedom perhaps untouched by centuries of interference by humanity, solid, dependable and rugged, the polish of elemental Chrome giving it a shine that has lasted in the 150 years of the name and the proud history before.

Betty Moon, Chrome. Album Review. full post

(483 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Accept, The Rise Of Chaos. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The world will end in chaos, confusion and turmoil, regardless of how we see ourselves as an intelligent species, no matter that we have managed to shape the way we see our destiny, somehow what is real, what is absurdly convincing, is that all is eventually dust, all is headed towards extinction; not that we should accept this only possible outcome but whilst The Rise of Chaos is inevitable we arguably should at least that art/music/ anything that makes sense, can ease the burden, can release the tension found in a single person’s heart and hope it spreads like a vaccine, that the galloping drums of pure music and well laid out lyrics can stop the pain.

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(534 words, 1 image, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)

Paul Heaton + Jacqui Abbott, Crooked Calypso. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There are people on this Earth who just by their very presence and their dexterity of wit you cannot help but be thankful for, to be alive at such a time when they are putting thoughts down on paper, their verbal sparring and showing more flair than a 1970s fashion parade, marks them out as beautiful and unbelievably talented.

Paul Heaton + Jacqui Abbott, Crooked Calypso. Album Review. full post

(443 words, 1 image, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

Lusterlit, List of Equipment. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Inspiration comes from anywhere, from the soul of ant creating a structure of tunnels so elaborate that it motivates the prisoner of war to dig through mounds of dirt and dust to escape his fate, through to the long worked on novel, a dedicated life’s work and shivered over as the worry of expectation over its prospects, and finding solace in the arms of a film maker wishing to take it on as his next blockbuster.

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(453 words, 1 image, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

Discolor Blind, Long Vivid Dream. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The Long Vivid Dream opens up before the listener as if it were the prelude to an awakening, the moment where the mind is unawares of whether it is still in the hands of Morpheus or wit has somehow fallen for the charms of the dramatic day ahead, the crystal clear clarity that comes with the walk through Hell or the gamble of seeing Heaven. The Long Vivid Dream is such that its powerful feeling of melancholy is overwhelmingly familiar, especially to those that have held hands with the vision that their dream visits upon.

Discolor Blind, Long Vivid Dream. E.P. Review. full post

(366 words, 1 image, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)