Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be, now we have the ability to gloss over the sepia and rose coloured times in which the past would have us believe was all that happened, that there was no bleak or feelings of disharmony or abandonment within society; that it was all a bad dream which we can forget and move on till the next time society and Time decide to take us apart.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
When someone offers you their heart, is it polite to take it, to hopefully cherish it and keep it safe from harm or does the thought of such responsibility make you breathe strangely, make you feel wary of the possible outcomes, that somewhere down the road you will be the one to break it, tear it apart and scar it forever. When Rachel Newton proposes the notion, Here’s My Heart Come Take It, it is almost a veiled threat, a conjuring of emotions that knows what you are capable of doing to the sensitive organ and should you not take it seriously then the repercussions are too immense to deal with.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The sound of the authentic is enough to drive you wild, it can certainly stir the heart strings and play deference to life as it life itself becomes rich and balanced for it; authentic never means toeing a line built by others but it does mean that those preaching it from their soul are genuine, dependable and full of truth, whether you wish to hear it or not.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Nobody is truly innocent, nobody has the right to ever suggest before any type of unearthly realms jury that they have no stain upon their character or are completely above suspicion, in the end If The Devil Casts His Net wide enough, he will catch us no matter what; it all depends on just how good your lawyers are on whether you get away with it or if you end up filing pokers for the rest of eternity.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Experience is at the heart of professionalism; life at the very centre of a good story or lyric and understanding the very point of music; bring all those facets of a person’s ability together and what the result might look like is Gregory Porter. It certainly won’t sound like the one of the Jazz/Soul greats of the modern age for nobody can be as remarkably clear and beautifully astute as him and in his new album, Take Me To The Alley, all that refinement, class and specialist insight comes rushing out to greet the listener in all its abundant glory.
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The term interesting has become almost a slogan for the bored and the easily distracted, it has lost the meaning of requires further investigation, of complete concentration and focus on the task or the artistic assignment ahead. In many ways, it is has become its own antonym in the same way that the English language is fluid, so too can words misguide and change.
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The language of the emotive and poignant will always carry something different about them than the sincere, the tender and the lyrically moved. It will carry a sense of the discrete, of the way that many are stimulated in one way or another to transfer their lives away from their birth place and the country of their origin as they clash with authorities, the dissidents and the rebels of the state; those to whom a voice is denied.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Poetry does not have to be confined, if it ever is, to the written down Bard or the stand up performance in a bustling city café; poetry is everywhere, the feeling of the poetic, the graceful and the profound rhythm can be seen in almost anything; it just requires a certain perceptive, enquiring mind and sensitivity to the issue in which to come out and be applauded.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
When the Gods smile upon you, when the divine heavens open and shine down a radiance upon your hard earned talent and capacity to learn and grow, then no matter what your beliefs elsewhere, as long as you have belief in yourself that is all that matters. It is belief and hard work that have given Italian postpunk band Stella Diana such remarkable fascination and insight in their latest album Nitrocris
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You can never truly know someone unless they open up their heart to you. It doesn’t have to be through love, or through desire but through the simple action and undertaking of trust and faith in their words. No matter what you make think about them, no matter what you believe, there is so much they keep hidden and away from the prying eyes, arguably even of their best friend. To open up takes courage, to unlock the door and let the emotions have free reign and let them be seen for what they are is to be brave and in arguably one of the finest musicians to come out of the Faroe Islands, that bravery is exemplary.