Category Archives: Music

David Youngs, In Between Silence. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

A world without a voice, where the only sound is that of indifference coupled with rusty neglect, silence in the eating of all that may have been, the quiet for the disregarded, deserted and yet it is a world that the hero in the shape of a guitar can with subtlety and passion be crowned King. The rust never really gains ground in the presence of such ingenuity, of such clever allusion and it is always the more remarkable when you consider the process that takes place between brain and fingers, the tense practice that defines the difference between deathly cool and utter genuine greatness.

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(407 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Eddie And Luc, Tirade. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

You might not think that you are where you want to be but you are always it seems where you need to be, that moment in life, the chance meeting which leads to something extraordinary, the silent reproach, the argument in the storm or the sound of bagpipes playing out the Time on stage, the herald always understands and blows the Tirade in honour.

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

Alexx Calise, Breathe, Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Take stock and Breathe, perhaps now more than ever the world simply has to breathe and not be fooled into believing everything has a quick fix, this is not a sink hole in Japan, it is real life, astonishing, beautiful and at times a whole lot scary but still life.

It is a life that has carried the music of Alexx Calise across the Atlantic Ocean and back, has made her a much sought after name to listen to in her native homeland, in all the guises and musical hats that she has been part of and throughout it all she has breathed and kept her heart open and as she releases her latest single, Breathe, she once more offers the sense of the dramatic within the hands of the sensational.

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(369 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

John Wesley, A Way You’ll Never Be. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

It must come to us all eventually, no matter the job we fall into or the desire we pursue, at some point we must look upon the world, gaze into its eyes with passion or damnation and exclaim loudly, “This is the very best, this is mine and nothing will arguably ever beat this moment, it is my magnum opus and it is out of this world.”

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(447 words, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

David Barnicle & The Mystery Force, Human Sacrifice. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

What would you forfeit if it meant succeeding at something, to be seen as enthralling, the mysterious and the exceptional, it might be worth a lot of things but it is never worth your soul; if you don’t keep it real, then surely by the definition you have cheated yourself out of the very sacrifice, the point of the journey you have tried to attain and cherish.

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

Pippa Reid-Foster, Driftwood Harp. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Whilst some tales can be told without the aid of music, no music can be felt, expressed or admired without a tale being held within its heart, its core, it matters not a jot whether there are lyrics binding the music together or if indeed the work offered by the artist is an instrumental piece, a journey into the wordless activity, what matters that in the listener’s mind there is a narrative they can grasp hold of and not let go, that they can imagine flowing with gentleness, lapping at the banks deep inside the brain and then rushing to a dramatic but scintillating conclusion.

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

Lost In Kiev, Nuit Noire. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The night is the harbour of the darkness, like the seismic shock before the Earthquake, the prospect of what is to come plays on the mind, it crawls down sleeping memories in which you hoped for better days and the darkness, the tangible, fearful resolution in the mind that all is lost, all is confused and alone is only the night playing tricks upon the brain. The darkness soon gives way to hope, to understanding that the music can play on, even if it is a different manner, in a way that is full of meaning and the resolution you once felt that abandonment was the only option, soon reveals that the Nuit Noire, the black night, is only a part of life.

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(407 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Gone Savage, Resurrection. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The statement is always, if it feels good then it cannot be considered bad, there are many things in this Universe that contradict this point of view, the warmth of a summer’s day might be the precursor to the snow caps melting just little faster, having a lay in on a cold winter’s Sunday morning might lead to a life time of sloth, the benefits of eating a tomato everyday could descend into the realms of a lonely steak being ignored. However, listening to Gone Savage’s Resurrection can only surely lead to good things, there is no chance that it can lead to anything but an even greater appreciation of the Rock restoration.

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(446 words, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

The Mono LPS, States Of Decay. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

This year will be remembered for many things, so many events that it might actually overshadow the surrounding years around it when people turn their mind to writing the annals of the century; so many distinctive voices lost, so many people who have given enormous pleasure and the arsenal of self respect to others taken from us, that it leaves a darkness, a gloomy shade of pale bitterness in the lives of those left behind.

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(409 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Kalandra, What Do You Know About Love. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The spectre of the fairy tale lives in all us, arguably we like nothing more than being thrilled by the chase of the wolf as its bristling hair is ruffled by the wind and the scent in its nostrils in enhanced by the perfume of Red Riding Hood and the opportunity to save the fable from those who only live to play games, those who seek solace in the pixel and the rising of the console.

Kalandra, What Do You Know About Love. Single Review. full post

(391 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)