Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The silent majority stay silent either through fear or through reckless choice, perhaps with the thought hammering at the back of their minds that there may be an advantage of financial gain or swift advancement if they don’t condone or speak up about the evils that society is capable of enacting on behalf of its Government; it a silence that is as despicable as the actions that are perpetrated and as wicked as history sees fits to write about.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Consistency is always a given attribute and always wished for but it is a rare and beguiling thing that few really attain, the expected dip perhaps in form, the slide into the possible mediocre or the distraught finding that it was all just one album to far, a career of consistent beauty, of a dramatic and sensual voice captured each and every time, not everyone gets that luxury but then not everybody has The Best of Eddi Reader on their side.
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There must be a point at some juncture in Time when the world of Heavy Rock and Metal finally submits to the glaringly obvious statements of intent coming out of the Scandinavian heartlands, the declarations of musical war that beat louder than the wagging tongue of boastful Beowulf as he finds yet another demon spawned monster in which to take on and add to his collection. That the northern European search for distinction in the genre is quite simply at its absolute height of its power, it reigns supreme not through accident or the unwilling of those from other countries to topple it but because it is so infectiously demanding upon the conscious of the adoring fan.
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It is always about timing, the ability to get the message across at the right moment in which maximum exposure and feeling can be felt. It is the feeling of responsibility to Time, of leaving your trusted and dedicated shoe print in the sands that will eventually swallow you whole, that must be adhered to if any point to what you believe passionately in is too survive.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10
There are those who thrive in the matter of fact of the day, to them the night is the reason that sleep exists and the argument that the moon offers writers a solitary friend; the night perhaps only existing in which to drown out the noise that forms in the day. The night though offers its own sense of wonder, the isolation that exists is somehow pure, filtered of the mess of clamour that wrecks havoc on creativity and lets loose the dogs of anguished impatience. The day being reversed brings a special kind of music that can only be heard in the quietest instant.
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The sound of Punk is one that never went away, that never got booted in the region’s best left undisclosed or allowed to fade away as some might suggest, it just took itself more seriously and allowed its perfectly controlled anarchy to be found shining away without criticism and having the ideal ammunition to assassinate the sometimes weak and foolish pop industry. Punk remains a haven for the intelligent and the unspoiled, of course at times it manages to go up its own backside and beguile with phantom pleasure but for the majority, it remains an undisguised truth that many will enjoy and tease the ungrateful with energy and heart thumping vigour.
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It is always good to find that a group that have managed to worm their way into your collection, that have produced eloquently driven pop songs and the odd anthem pleaser, still retain the power to bring about the sentiment of beauty and the sensation of enjoyment four albums down the line, it should come as no surprise though when that band is The Feeling.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Whatever you want to accuse Andy Bell of, being beige is not one of the indictments that should cross the bridge between the brain and the wagging tongue, being understated or not interesting should be considered taboo and foul of speech. If the words from the lips deny that he is own man and not attention grabbing then they should be forcibly whipped and sentenced to their own miserable existence in a cold heartless lexicon; for Andy Bell is if nothing else a performer who knows where and who to kick out at.
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It doesn’t seem five minutes since Låpsley was performing in venues in Liverpool and beyond the Merseyside border, it feels even less than that she was recognised by various media institutions across the city; in such a space of Time that has occurred, Låpsley has become an institution of great and impeccable renown.
From this point on where her debut album is now a physical entity in its own right, there is no going back, there is no Time in which to feel the urge to play Dorothy and follow a certain road back to when it was all less complicated; for in reality the music is playful, absorbing and dynamic, it really is a Long Way Home from here.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7.5/10
Folk music has this wonderful habit of sounding more polished when listening to it live or in the deep pleasure of a recording than arguably any other genre, its sincerity of spirit, its more natural appeal resounds with earthy refinement without having to play to the gallery of expectation and offer an over abundance of gloss. In is in that Earthy feel that Henry Sparks sits, almost musically naked and exposed, and with elegance of voice performs his newest E.P. Latest Waxing with diligence and care.