Category Archives: Music

The Love Dimension, Freakquency Space Mind Continuum. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Forget that Time and space exists within one of the dimensions that humanity is trapped within, the finest dimension beyond those that only travellers with a mad man with a blue box can discover is that of The Love Dimension; after they truly so speak volumes to the adoring nature of music fans and those to whom the straight jacketed bombastic look down upon as freaks and peculiar. Yet each one who gravitates towards the unusual, who are attracted to the uncommon are normally rewarded with a trip into the fantastic and extraordinary.

The Love Dimension, Freakquency Space Mind Continuum. Album Review. full post

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

Jenny Colquitt, The Quiet Kind. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Defiance and love cross many boundaries, they might be seen as an attitude, the well worn face of anger but what they do in many respects is to show the outside world that the person is actually being true to themselves, that the rebelliousness is just a deflection, a boldness of intent and one that should be grasped by so many erring on the side of youth. It is not disobedience, it is majestic non-compliance and it should be heard with greater force than it is across the land but one that is fully understood by the superb Jenny Colquitt.

Jenny Colquitt, The Quiet Kind. E.P. Review. full post

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

Bruce Foxton, Smash The Clock. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Time can never be held back, save placing your own stamp upon your time upon the dust and mud, Time is the raptor that gnaws at your fingers and your memories to the point in which the clock, the love child of Time and regulated humanity, governs and snarls in perpetual motion. The only way to have an equal say in this one sided partnership, the only way to not let the seconds and hours dominate your day is to Smash The Clock, tear it down and put your own rules down, to live life to the limit that your heart will take and make it loud and meaningful.

Bruce Foxton, Smash The Clock. Album Review. full post

(464 words, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

Rant, Reverie. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The music on offer from the four highly talented women that make up Rant is full of texture, abiding dexterity and imagery that allows the flourish of a fiddle all it can ever dream of, of all it can ever want to achieve. In Reverie, that dream like state pulses outwards and catches the ear of the listener with pride and passion in every plucked string and every slide of the bow towards the bridge; in Reverie comes fruition and daring and Rant certainly have placed that into each song on the new and well conjured album.

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(357 words, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)

2am Turnaround. Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2016.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The back stage at The Cavern, the one most associate with a time that never truly existed and the one in which the full warmth of the International Pop Overthrow has had many bands open up the proceedings on it in the last 14 years but perhaps none so much as enjoyable as the bright sparks and lasting flames put out into the Liverpool night as 2am Turn Around managed as they kicked of the 2016 International Pop Overthrow extravaganza with charm and beautiful harmony.

2am Turnaround. Gig Review. The Cavern, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow 2016. full post

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

Dan Reed Network, Fight Another Day. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

To be trapped in your own past, to never have another shot at redemption or glory, is to understand that Time can be a cruel mistress, that it is nothing but a vindictive and merciless entity that grins at those who let themselves be dragged down by the ankles and to whom accepting their finish brings it glee. To those who are spurred on, to those who live to Fight Another Day, Time is nothing more than a scurrilous child whose mewling cries are nothing but treasure to the ears.

Dan Reed Network, Fight Another Day. Album Review. full post

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

Selah Sue, Reason. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

Whatever the Reason you do something, whatever the motive or even what you hope will be the end goal, if it is not done with sincerity of spirit or a joy in your heart then the result will be one of unremitting despair, of a hunger that remains unsatisfied. The reason for doing anything must be one of change, whether personal or spiritual, regardless of whether it is for the greater good or to take down society in a thousand voiceless deeds, change and reason must go hand in hand and for Selah Sue, the Reason is more than good enough and full of entertaining expression.

Selah Sue, Reason. Album Review. full post

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

Connie Lush, Renaissance. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Life should always be about revival, about being able to re-invent yourself every so often or being able to offer a new point of view to the values you hold dear to your heart; Renaissance is being able to learn from that, that the function and ability to want to understand more of the world and your place within it, is paramount to having lived a full and meaningful life.

Connie Lush, Renaissance. Album Review. full post

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

Meadowlark, Paraffin. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10

Relationships, no matter how long they have been going, are apt once in a while to find the spark of energy that first brought the two souls together, running low on fuel. It is nobody’s fault, it is the way of the world, people change, people find new ways to express themselves and rather than pouring crude oil on the waters what they perhaps need is a little enlightenment, a little Paraffin to light the way to the next chapter.

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

Thom Morecroft, After The Rain. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

When you have found yourself listening to a piece of music that leaves you feeling invigorated, refreshed and ready for the battle ahead, whilst simultaneously leaving the very best of thoughts, grace and boundless enthusiasm, then it is a piece of music to savour and cherish. For Thom Morecroft, the genial and certainly impressive import from the Midlands, his new E.P., After The Rain, is like finding out who Kenny Dalglish was after Liverpool signed him from Celtic or understanding just how good Lindsey Buckingham was after he first performed with Fleetwood Mac.

Thom Morecroft, After The Rain. E.P. Review. full post

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