Category Archives: Music

The Journey Continues: Fellside At 40, Various Artists. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The music business may be seen to be dying but that does not mean that music is an art form that is on its knees, taking everything into account, it is arguably in a rude state of health and never it seems has Folk been so popular away from its original inspiring inception.

One such label who has had a more than a hand in the continued growth of artists is Fellside and at 40 years old, the lover of such fine music can but wish a happy birthday, blow out the candles of sincere gratitude and revel in some of the finest music made over the last 10 years since the label released the triple compilation album Landmarks.

The Journey Continues: Fellside At 40, Various Artists. Album Review. full post

(447 words, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

Megadeth, Dystopia. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Utopia sells…but who’s buying? Nobody really, for all the beauty that resides in a perfect world of equal opportunities, of pain free existence and each nation, each person, doing all they can to protect and savour the planet, Dystopia is a much keener collector of souls than its well preserved shrink wrapped cousin, Dystopia never runs out of places in which to revel or play with the destruction available.

Megadeth, Dystopia. Album Review. full post

(406 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

Rhapsody Of Fire, Into The Legend. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

It really is no wonder that Rhapsody of Fire’s Into The Legend sounds so good, that the overwhelming intensity of the album shines through like a supernova exploding in the night sky and the majesty of the unassailable creaks in pregnant anticipation; for the secret of Rhapsody Of Fire is what the past has allowed it to contain and the blistering effect it has on the soul.

Rhapsody Of Fire, Into The Legend. Album Review. full post

(427 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

Boreas, Ahoy Ahoy, Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

For all that the British like to imagine that they have more in common with their Southern European friends, that the heat that comes off the African plains and enthuses the life of those who call the Mediterranean home is more linked to their D.N.A, than anything that comes from the Northern reaches of Europe, the blood of Scandinavia, it only takes a listen to the charms of groups such as Boreas to understand just how much that position is reversed.

Boreas, Ahoy Ahoy, Album Review. full post

(422 words, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

Jonathan Markwood, Black Against The Sun. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The Winter is a time in which the lands of the North feel the cold winds more and the thoughts of the bleak and mistrusting frost is ever present in their minds and the image of the sun is but that of a shining glimmering bauble in the sky, neither use nor ornament in the fabric of the lives of those in desperate need of warmth on their backs and in their hearts. Warmth therefore is searched for in other directions and if the heat of a blazing fire cannot be found then the soul of a musician is the closest possible alternative and in Jonathan Markwood’s new album Black Against The Sun, that alternative is more than complimentary, it is a guiding inevitability.

Jonathan Markwood, Black Against The Sun. Album Review. full post

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

Gavin Sutherland, A Curious Noise. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision 8.5/10

There are times in life when the feeling of the familiar is coupled almost exclusively with the feeling of retro, of returning to a state of mind which not only raises an eyebrow in the way of celebratory congratulations, it also applauds the innocence of the idea in to which the artist has offered up to the audience.

Gavin Sutherland, A Curious Noise. Album Review. full post

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

Wyvern Lingo, Letters To Willow. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

There is thankfully always a storm of bright young things making their way across the Irish Sea and enthusing music lovers with their passion for a well constructed song and interesting poetic lyrical, the U.K. is so much richer for their enthusiastic zeal and delightful ardour. The ability to be nothing less than creative and understand that vision is more than just giving someone a good time for an hour but it is in itself a form of education and original learning is the life blood of all who roam the tempered sea and post their findings homeward, whether in e-mails or as the case maybe in Letters To Willow .

Wyvern Lingo, Letters To Willow. E.P. Review. full post

(368 words, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

Clutching At Straws, This Table Changes Everything. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The image of the table, be it ever so humble or overtly grand, is one of symbolism and deep meaning, it offers a level playing field when interacting in the undertaking of dining, it is the structure that aids performance when working and it is the object in which cards are laid down upon, the representation of honest conversation and a barrier to the awkward response.

The dynamic in a house can alter when a table changes, the grander the table, the more notice you take of it and what surrounds it, the more meaning it garners and as the theatrical stories that Staffordshire band Clutching At Straws suggest, This Table Changes Everything.

Clutching At Straws, This Table Changes Everything. Single Review. full post

(355 words, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

Risa Hall, Soundtrack To My Life. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It is a particularly modern way of thinking but one that is nonetheless welcome as a distraction, as a way of encompassing art into both the daily life and music into the realms of everything that you, a memory aid for the busy lifestyles of the 21st Century of where you were at certain junctures of your time on Earth, the soundtrack to your life.

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(351 words, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

Rebecca Downes, Believe. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Belief is everything; it is the cornerstone of personal freedom and being able to achieve all that you set out to do. Without belief, there is no confidence and for Rebecca Downes, confidence and belief appear to go hand in hand, especially as the woman from Wolverhampton releases the hugely impressive follow up to her debut album Back To The Start, the scintillating Believe.

Rebecca Downes, Believe. Album Review. full post

(394 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)