Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
If there is a gentleman in the world who can do justice to the type of song that observes how the world is teetering upon an abyss, the crazed insanity delivered with calm voice and intent in the eyes, then Dave Jackson arguably is that man, a British version of Leonard Cohen but with the added attraction of having the grime and grit, the modern noir, thrown into his lyrical repose.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
It is in the act of performance to which we look for validation of our respect and perhaps arguably that of our own existence to how we hear a musician away from the studio and out in the open, out in the raw and with the possibility that all might not work out well. It is a confirmation of just how much a performer means to us when we hear the odd catch in the throat when words become emotional, when the language within the songs become fraught with touching sentiment or even the joy of laughter that pokes its way into the odd line of familiarity.
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It is in the action of the charade, the unheard words and explanations of what stares out from behind a complex series of gestures in which guess work is the key and the answer seen as a truth of interpretation and not a travesty or imitation.
For Toxic Moth the Charades are not a game of guess work, they don’t sit around as a finale to the evening’s entertainment, they are that truthful interpretation, they are the understanding to what is seen through different eyes and how memories shape how we see the world. Charades is the game we must play to comprehend the language of others and in Charades the listener finds a wonderland of expression and admirable content.
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The beat may well be redundant in many cases, squeezed to death between opinion and the lethargy to look beyond the obvious in terms of getting a particular voice across, but it lives on, perhaps in the shadows and forced to seek solace in an overcrowded music room but nevertheless when it finds an audience it breathes, grows strong and infects the listener to the point where most people cannot help but jive and swing as if life was going to last forever.
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With logic and reason going hand in hand with passionate freshly wrapped Blues, you would not expect anything less than sincerity and well delivered grooves from a band from Birmingham, Liverpool after all may be the heart and soul of the U.K.’s music appreciation but Birmingham offers the listener a certain abounding gravitas untouched by other parts of the country; it is a resonance of spirit that comes across fully in Broken Witt Rebels new E.P. Georgia Pine.
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The voice of Charlie Harrigan is one of rough silk enhanced by a gracious sentimental charm, it is just a shame that for quite some time he has been missing from the world of Folk music and the big hole he left was never ever going to be filled by anyone until he was ready to come back and plug himself back into it.
Time may have moved on but the snug fit of expectation has not been weathered or tempered and the joy in hearing Charlie Harrigan’s voice once more in a new collection of songs is not Wasted And Wounded, rather it is a feeling of gracious mercy.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
When the soul feels an Earthquake of sound, when it experiences the rolling thunder and the spark of flammable electricity surge through the body to the point where the fingers don’t just tingle, they fry with instant longing and the crackle of voltage set to stun, then the soul knows that the dust will fall, the lethargy will be shaken off and the sincere gratitude for feeling alive will be marked down in the diary as a moment of re-birth. Listening to Saltwater Injection that crackle is intensified and as their new E.P., Regurgitated For The People, shows with raw honesty, electricity and power go hand in hand.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Family reputation is a hard thing to live up to, it either sucks the energy out of you, leaves you breathless upon the floor and screaming at the unjust nature of random gene pools or it can build you up, inspire the performer or the lay person to even greater heights, enthusing them to be even better than what could have ever been expected. Such is the Universe when you choose to follow in the same profession with pride as your parents, the pressure may be intense but the song is always worth every moment.
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Manchester’s The Falling have had seemingly the time of their life recently, certainly in the outpouring of great and catchy lyrical masterpieces, and in that regard the immediate future seems to be heading very much on the same trajectory as the band’s latest single, Cream (Get On Top) leaves its indelible and grin worthy mark on the listener.
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The air of mystic vibration quivers gently in the air, the sound of artistic Gaelic freedom plays with anticipation and the deep longing that fierce independence can bring. The insightfulness and passion for Irish roots is nothing short of overwhelming, the emotions of being able to implore the words Let Me Fly forever entangled in the heart; three words that are ingrained in the soul of Paula Ryan and to whom are thrust into the heart of anyone spending time listening to this, her latest album.