Liverpool Sound and Vision 8.5/10
Life sometimes echoes the finer points of baseball from a British or European perspective, nothing interesting for perhaps an entire innings and then suddenly from out of nowhere comes a curve ball of the highest order or the magnificence of a ball that sails out the stadium which brings up the notable achievement of beating Henry Aaron’s career home run total or joining Ty Cobb in the milestone of 300 home runs.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The Russian Bear has long stirred from its slumber and is now making waves into British and European airspace. Not the tidal wave of politics or the heart-stopping aim of ideals clashing for pointless domination but instead the beauty of Heavy Rock. The unifying force that lays in wait for all who take their music one step closer to the edge but who also know how step away from pulling the bass string trigger when the going gets explosive and they don’t come much more explosive than Grenouer and their new album, Unwanted Today.
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If the Blues was dying a death in the latter half of the 20th Century for many of the younger fans, then the resurgence, the resurrection of the genre has all been but complete in the last couple of years as a new breed of musician lends their talent and obvious muscle to the music in what can only be seen as the type of hold that a wrestler would employ to make sure the target of their obsession never let go again.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9.5/10
In amongst the solemn, the serious and the ultra cool that the world of music has to offer, there are moments when all you want is the significant and the curious to open their hearts and deliver with open arms and a beaming smile, a set of songs that really let you see life as the witty and wonderfully absurd place that it is, even when Stone Cold Sober.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
When lost in a dusty sandstorm and the sudden appearance of crystal clear waters present themselves, the only honourable and right thing to do is to drink heartily and toast good fortune, for the opportunity to do so again once you have left the oasis might be the longest of times and the throat could boil in the process. Similarly when the sound of musician and the tools of her trade offer the kind of experience where each note is beautifully captured, but not at the expense of a silk like voice that shows that joy and pleasure can be set free to enjoy its natural free slowing state, the only possible thing to do is breathe deeply and listen; for the opportunity to listen to such a refined voice might be a long time coming.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Nobody should ever say to the young that their dreams and aspirations are not worth a dime, the phrase almost borders on child cruelty and deprivation and should be seen as such. To damn any child or teenager to the obscurity and a desire less world seems far too callous and controlling, even if they fail, they should fail under their own terms; not those set out by adults who find only black and white vision the perfect daily partner.
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It is a story of generations, of almost every generation since the end of World War Two and the days when everything finally changed and the young and the restless were no longer content with living in the perpetual shadow of expectancy and out-dated ways of thinking. The loosening of the straight jacket, a couple of buttons untied in the right places and the truth of self expression finally being seen as one mode of musical fashion replaced another; all led down a path in which Wild Nights and Break Up Fights have become the norm in every town and city throughout the country.
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To be considered an Oddity should be seen as something to revel in, something to almost take pride within and be seen as outside the routinely beige and endlessly dull; it certainly sparks of the original and the creative.
For Bethan and the Morgans, the chance to add to the richness of musical inspiration and almost divine like structure of the Black Country scene is like asking of a child wants to go to the dentist or to the sweet shop, especially when the confectionary is free and there is nothing wrong with their teeth; the unusual offering might be considered calculating but it strives to be recognised as novel and loveable. For in Oddity comes richness and a peculiar sense of true identity and Oddity is the watchword when it comes to the band’s new offering.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
In the world of the re-issue, the one that makes you yearn for another time is king. When that king is benevolent and giving it makes all the praise heaped upon its shoulders the first time round not only fitting but arguably a considered and finely tuned honour and in the electro-dub pioneers Dreadzone appropriately named Sound that honour has been restored and given new purpose.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There are those who shy away from chaos, the never ending pandemonium that resides in the mind and in the cosmos and denies it breathing room. Yet from out of natural anarchy comes order; it might not be the one suits the straight jacketed and stiff rigid back but the turmoil it beings is beautiful and intelligent. Chaos as a tool can be tranquil and in O.R.k’s collaborative album Inflamed Rides, chaos is but a gateway to the intense riches that lay beyond first dreamed imagination.