Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
It may be considered unlawful but to love Eliza Neals’ new album Breaking and Entering is to know that out there in the land of Blues the flag is forever being flown and with great pride by the women of the genre.
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There is always time to loosen up, to disengage with the static and the absolutions of life and try something new, to be touched by a sound that goes beyond the foggy and the assisted disorder; to loosen up, to unleash the music and not be Undone is a mark of knowing just how far to push the sound without losing the creative bundle of energy that dwells hopefully within us all.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
It is rare to find yourself in the company of a rampaging jungle beast or the anger of an animal of the plains, one that has come home from a long tiring day at work hunting wildebeest and stamping the timecard without success only to find that their partner has run out of sauce to smother the kill. Anger, boiling rage and seething fury, the lion and the rhino may have it all in abundance when consuming or giving into their very nature, their animalistic experiences but it is nothing when compared to the temper of a band throwing themselves into the pit of aggression with indignation drawn and flashing like a ceremonial blade against the desert sun.
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Being able to express yourself beyond society’s insistence and self-imposed boundaries is one way to pick an earnest fight with those whose opinions are constrained by their own inadequacies. Whether it’s an artist, a sportsperson, an academic or even a city’s own self worth against the limitations forced upon it, expressing yourself is the ultimate put down to that presumed self-hating society.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There is so much regret, so much intense remorse and mourning that comes across in The Lake Poets self titled new album that the listener has to place a steely resolve between the heartbreaking emotion on offer and the warmth of unbridled sentiment that is captured with passion and genius. The regret of a single person might be missed in the pointing of fingers and loud roars of accusations, especially when that person’s genuine protests of innocence have been ignored, however it only takes one person willing to listen to understand the truth and to be moved by it completely.
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There is a certain romance to the idea of the nomadic gypsy life, it captures a distinct flavour that adds headiness and charm to the mundane of life and one that is steeped in historic values and colourful, vibrant principles. It is a way of life that makes the listener and onlooker think of music, of dark gatherings over burning desires and hot blooded fires and one so wonderfully echoed in the second album by Molotov Jukebox, the enrapturing Tropical Gypsy.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
There are moments in life in which to treasure something is to accept that eventually it can no longer be yours; that eventually you have to either let it breathe and run on its own so that it can thrill others or you put it in a dark vault, you lock it away forever and let it slide, damaged, unloved and gasping for air, into obscurity.
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There is a kind of magic that explodes with delight when the thought of a band from the Birmingham area makes a single or album that is infectious and interesting to listen to. The comparisons between Liverpool and the Midlands, especially when it comes to its music appreciation, are many fold and yet despite the allusions to the 60s and 70s heydays when bands could mix freely and their tunes would overlap, such is the distinction now that it feels more rare than a night out on Broad Street being enjoyed by a theatre goer and a hen party taking in the delights of the Alexandra Theatre.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
It doesn’t seem five minutes since Dan Patlansky was wooing a new audience with his outrageously delightful debut album, Dear Silence Thieves, but life in the modern era doesn’t allow the fortune of resting upon one’s laurels and the carefree wish of finding solitude for a while, a sort of peace in which to hit the audience again with wisely chosen words and sublime guitar is lost.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Memory is what keeps us unique, the powers that be, in whatever shape and form they may take, will always try to change that, they will find a way to make what you believe happened somehow wrong, incorrect, obsolete; they will do this to make your memory questionable and dishonest. By holding onto your memory it makes their job harder to change you as a person and if there is one individual you don’t want to change, that you want forever to stay unique and matchless, that is Louisa Roach and She Drew The Gun.