Category Archives: Music

Joshua Burnell, Into The Green. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

It comes out of the blue, the element of exquisite surprise that hits on the type of scale when Jethro Tull brought out Songs From The Wood, when Genesis launched Selling England By The Pound onto an unsuspecting world or when the great 70s Progressive Rock explosion looked to any number of bands willing to explore the English, British Pastoral tradition. The fusion of Folk with the tantalising expression of Rock thrown in so heavily that it was as beautiful to listen to as a dawn chorus after the worst storm and being thankful to see the sun rise in the East.

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(417 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

For The Girl, Where Did Time Go. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision * * * *

Time is an illusion, one created by humanity to feel as though they can have one over on the deity of their choice or at least to keep the Cosmos on a leash.

Time well spent can be interesting, infallible, the perfect moment between each heartbeat as it counts down to the frustratingly inevitable. Time is everything and to waste a minute is almost to decry Humanity’s greatest contribution the silence in the Universe, or perversely it is to shackle the bitterest of enemies to each other and as if Humanity must face the choice between imprisonment and freedom then surely it must be asked Where Did Time Go?

For The Girl, Where Did Time Go. Single Review. full post

(350 words, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

Glossom, Verbatim. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

In adversity, even if it is unintentional and comes out of the blue like a rhino wandering down the town’s high street and not caring less who sees him, comes the greatest of challenges; you can either surrender to the moment and see the dream fade, or you can roll with it, you can reinvent yourself and become hopefully an even sturdier body, a greater image than you may have thought possible.

Glossom, Verbatim. E.P. Review. full post

(396 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

Scatter Factory. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It is in the delicate nature of the well-performed instrumental that a musician’s worth can be valued. With no lyrics to hide behind, to glean out as the mask of enlightened poetry dishes out verb and sonnet, the musician takes it upon themselves to offer nothing but raw and natural influence over the listener. For by doing so, by offering what some might think of the basics of building block musical material, they instead open the senses of the listener to add their own story into the backdrop of notes and playful, perhaps pied piper led memories.

Scatter Factory. Album Review. full post

(349 words, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

Allan MacDonald And Neil Johnstone, The Bruce 700. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Nationalism can be seen as an inherent evil, however pride in the culture that the country of your birth has supplied to the world, the history of certain events that have defined the way people look at you, all those can be a force for good and there is nothing quite as stirring to any age old forgotten gene as music.

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(401 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Various Artists, Cosmic Machine, The Sequel. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

All is smoke and mirrors, all is illuminated by the brightest and most tangible of lights and yet in the darkness of ignorance, such moments of interesting and collective endeavour may be missed; the Cosmos after all can only produce so many light shows before the people get bored and seek solace in looking inward. The Cosmic Machine is such that the greater the magnitude of the shock in the sky, the less it seems to get noticed for the opportunity it may bring down here on Earth.

Various Artists, Cosmic Machine, The Sequel. Album Review. full post

(384 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

The Corridors, End Of The Times. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It is only to be expected that the Fin de Siecle is an period in which many superstitions and false ideas seem to gather around; the End Of The Times in which we live in, the struggle in which every human cannot comprehend the way in which they feel at odds with themselves as the status quo is ripped apart and a new future is brought into being. The trepidation is such that people will cling to the familiar to get them through the signs, omens and the theatre of change.

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

Albany Down, The Outer Reach. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Do not adjust the volume, do not let someone come into the room without your express permission and under no circumstances let them talk until the last exhale of breathe has left your body, do not engage with anything other than the stereo, do not go gently into that good night; sit down and wonder just how dull life without groups such as Albany Down in your life would be, how monotonous existence would be if The Outer Reach was just a figment of some star crossed dream.

Albany Down, The Outer Reach. Album Review. full post

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

Dead Buttons, Some Kind Of Youth. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

In a way listening to South Korea’s Dead Buttons is the perfect approach to looking at the bewildering insular way that England has decided to look upon the world; without opening your heart to the many cultures that surround us, how on Earth can we possibly grow as a nation in the same way that Dead Buttons grow upon you as their album Some Kind Of Youth opens up before the Western based audiences in which the band have arguably looked upon to augment their muse and music.

Dead Buttons, Some Kind Of Youth. Album Review. full post

(418 words, estimated 1:40 mins reading time)

The Leylines, Along The Old Straight Track. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

You know deep in your heart, that sometimes neglected muscle which used to skip along as a child when something new came along, that an album must be good if you can at the end of it and search on line to see if the artist or band is playing anywhere near you, you might even curse your luck when it clashes with a date which has been written in stone for a year or two; deep down you know you wouldn’t be missed that much at a party in your honour as you make plans to see one of the most exciting bands of the year.

The Leylines, Along The Old Straight Track. Album Review. full post

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