Category Archives: Music

The Fratellis, Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Almost a decade has gone past in the blink of an eye since The Fratellis released what was undoubtedly one of the great, if not the catchiest, of albums of 2006. A decade in which much has changed in the life of many people and in which the thoughts may switch to that summer where you could hear their big hits dominate the radio and even get commercial adoration as being used as celebrations to any league goal scored up and down the length of the U.K.; they switch because for a brief time it seemed that 2006, especially the summer of that year was the true combination of the purple patch and the mystifying salad days all rolled into one as people remember being happy and the music being insanely repeatable.

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(515 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

SOHO SQ, Semblants. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

It’s funny that what can be found hidden away in an attic might just be the reason behind any smile that emerges from the least expected place. The hidden treasure that is tentatively held and brushed with careful inquisitive can be the one that carries the noblest of intentions and the loftiest of ideal

SOHO SQ, Semblants. Album Review. full post

(407 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Naomi Campbell, Led By My Heart. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

To be led by either the brain or the heart into any situation is one that requires much internal debate, it is one or the other and usually of the situation goes wrong it can be damaging to the person’s belief in that organ and the trust in decision making can be shattered.

Like tossing a coin to decide whether you go left or right at a junction, putting so much faith in one thing can be a person’s undoing and yet as Naomi Campbell shows and highlights with honour in her new E.P., being guided by the heart is no bad thing.

Naomi Campbell, Led By My Heart. E.P. Review. full post

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

KillaFlaw, Own Way. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

 

The sheer rage and articulate pounding of subtle aggression are never too far from the open wide space inhabited by KillaFlaw and their latest single Own Way.

Own Way is exactly what the musicians in the band do; the niche they have carved out is spectacular enough to warrant more than the one mandatory exclamation mark at the precision made between the beat and the storm. The beat flashes as if a thunderstorm has settled over head and the lightning strike which pulsates every few seconds is but an aperitif to the main show of Gods riding along the crest of the wave to come and the snorting, steaming nostrils of their white charges pushing along the destruction to come.

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

Steve Thompson And The Incidents, Monster. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The Monster is always there, it doesn’t need to hide itself away under the bed, nor smirk in the darkness of the closet, the monster is alive where ever it wants to take reign and infect its bleak despondency; it is the prerogative of such things to be visible because we allow them to be.

Beasts rarely come along uninvited, they require a inducement, a temptation to attend the breaking down of barriers between one world and another and in the timely hands of Steve Thompson and the Incidents such a temptation of spirit is forthcoming as Monster slams down with the force of a sledgehammer wielded by a god of thunder.

Steve Thompson And The Incidents, Monster. Single Review. full post

(315 words, estimated 1:16 mins reading time)

Sarah Beatrice, Fire. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

If not for the embrace that Liverpool offers its young and developing talent, it’s doubtful that many of the future musicians and songwriters in the area would get a look in or be able to show just exactly what they can do. For Sarah Beatrice and her first foray into making singles, Fire, is there not to be tamed, beaten or put out as if the quelling of such things are an everyday occurrence; it is more to be celebrated and given breath in the sheer justification of the burgeoning talent that lives in the mind of an admired young performer.

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(331 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

Callaghan, 40 States & Counting E.P. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The waves may crash against the walls and batter the ramparts of an enclosed city standing on the edge of a cliff like suspension but it doesn’t stop the water from seeping in and flooding the walkways and courts with new ideas.

The state of musical excellence, the tsunami of challenge that comes from the vocals of Callaghan is something that even the strongest and most fortified stony heart could not withstand. The crumbling edifice showing the hole in which the story-telling expertise shines through is one in which Callaghan exploits with care and detail and in the 40 States & Counting E.P. it is one that offers a state of mercy and forgiveness, as well a beautiful set of haunting lyrics.

Callaghan, 40 States & Counting E.P. E.P. Review. full post

(347 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

Ian Prowse And Pauline Scanlon, Mississippi Beat. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

To hear a new Ian Prowse song before the album is ready to be distributed to the world is almost like finding out that during the following year you will have two birthdays and that Merseyside will be granted the independence it so badly requires; some things are beyond expectation.

Ian Prowse And Pauline Scanlon, Mississippi Beat. Single Review. full post

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

Pyogenesis, A Century In The Curse Of Time. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

A nuclear assault on the ears but one carried out with a soft pillow and sense of overwhelming completion, a sense of unhurried labour mixed with the temptation to overthrow any negativity that may be shared in close quarters as yet again Europe’s Heavy Metal and Rock elite show where the natural homes of Britain and America have been going awry for too long. Such is the pounding aural spectacle attached to Pyogenesis’ latest album A Century In The Curse Of Time.

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(472 words, estimated 1:53 mins reading time)

Joe Symes And The Loving Kind, Things Get Better. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There almost never seems to be a day go by when the new breed of Liverpool bands finds a way in which to grab hold of the listeners hands, takes them down a seemingly deserted alleyway and then shows them the bustling lights and active highway that stretches out before them as the music of a distinct set of musicians illuminates the sky.

Joe Symes And The Loving Kind, Things Get Better. Single Review. full post

(362 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)