Category Archives: Music

Birdeatsbaby, Tanta Furia. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Combine the very best of every attraction, art form and moment that you spend locked in your head daydreaming of songs that would have thrilled the music hall, an English Operetta or the down and dirty night in the basement of a Soho club taking in the wine, whisky and the soda, mix them with a sense of the triumphant and the heavily costumed and the hedonistic swagger and the result still won’t be a touch on the gargantuan new album by Birdeatsbaby, Tanta Furia.

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

Southern Tenant Folk Union, Join Forces. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

If there is anything in the world that is sadly lacking as we steam headlong and at times with no thought but selfish preservation running through our minds, it is that how much greater a species we could be if we actually listened, if we paid attention to what was being said without thinking what our reply would be. That if we were to Join Forces with those whose opinions veered completely in the opposite direction to us, we might perhaps actually achieve more, that by listening without raising our voices ever higher, we might just become more evolved than squabbling apes fighting over land, oil and water.

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(435 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

The Bordellos, How To Lose Friends And Influence No-One. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Authority without substance is overrated, it is meaningless, it means nothing and achieves only resentment and disaffection, authority without the will of the people is the daily open warfare and guaranteed manipulation of the masses, playing one of against the other; it is the best way, the only way to show How To Lose Friends And Influence No–One.

The Bordellos, How To Lose Friends And Influence No-One. Album Review. full post

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

The New 52, Let Me Sleep. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

It might sound as if the idea was to make Darragh Cullen a superhero, to don the spandex and the secret identity, to fight the crime of poor manufactured music by television moguls who have no idea what an inspired and beautiful song really sounds like. It could easily be an homage to the world of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, of dark alleyways and illuminated sidewalks, the hero stands tall and the people of the world who pray for musical salvation, The New 52’s Let Me Sleep sees justice done.

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(380 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

Jack Blackman, Nearly Man. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

There are times when you are searching for your roots where it might become possible to miss the lush garden that has been carefully cultivated for you; like a life that has been packaged, presented and adorned, you focus on the rough edges because everything else just looks too neat. The wildness of existence becomes alluring and the energy expended becomes more of a thrill than would arguably be necessary. Looking for the whole rather than the Nearly Man is the persuasive answer.

Jack Blackman, Nearly Man. Album Review. full post

(375 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

John Cee Stannard, It’s Christmas Time. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The dread of Christmas seems to come earlier every year, the small step of commercialism sneaking a peek into the wallets of the many who cannot afford it, to the tiring spectacle of it being so demanding, the forced smile on the face of the wary and without it letting up for a single minute and should you complain, should you point out the obvious, you become a pariah, a figure of damnation that is shunned and called out for all sorts by parents, friend and society alike.

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(429 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Buckle Tongue, All At Peace. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Peace is only achievable when there is nobody around to add to the noise, quiet, the lack of substance in the air is an illusion to the ears, for surely where humanity stands there must be a sound, for why else would our heart stir, why would it cause a commotion and beat with frightening regularity when the prospect of something illuminating comes along; when something stirs in the forest of reclusive Metal, all the world should hear.

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

Glenn Hughes, Resonate. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Eventually you will climb back into the chair that you were blown from, exhausted, scraping at the floor like a mountaineer ascending Everest, knuckles white and fingers cracked from the exposure of high velocity winds that emanated from the speakers and the soul driven on by the calling of standing atop of the tallest peak down upon the wreckage, the fight of other’s albums trailing in the wake just to reach camp one and their insistence on taking a breather every few minutes. Eventually you will sit back in the replaced chair and take back the feeling that comes from such an experience, that to sit in the majesty of the sound, to feel the Resonate and the reverb continue to vibrate in your bones; that is the feeling of being alive.

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(430 words, 1 image, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

The Lonely Polar Bear, 45. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The shotgun response, the smell of cordite and the taste of vinyl hanging in the air, both delivered by the bang, by the initial thump of interest and the cackle of smoke hopefully left behind as they approach their targets. The 45 can be both lethal weapon and defender of the faith, of those that huddle behind it lapping up the possible devastation or those that live for the next note; either can stop the heart, either can make you regret past opinions and once held beliefs, only the vinyl 45 can hold hope when listened to all the way through.

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(363 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

Dalton Deschain & The Travelling Show, Roberta E.P. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Defiance is a key ingredient to staying alive, of being the unregulated thorn in the side of all who wish to control, manipulate or bog you down with their version of life, one that does not suit you but you are expected to play within their rules and desires. Defiance is the key to Dalton Deschain & The Travelling Show’s glorious Roberta E.P., an animated anti folk package that lovingly assaults the mind with its dramatic flair whilst caressing the ears with the touch of silk of lyrical vibe and assurance.

Dalton Deschain & The Travelling Show, Roberta E.P. E.P. Review. full post

(368 words, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)