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The unexpected is a tale that can simmer with delight or be so damning that it’s hard to understand what was going through the heads of the participants involved. The best mix of this is when both collide head on like two rutting stags vying for the attention of a doe whose just been left a four bedroom apartment in the middle of New York and commanding views of Central Park, some stags aren’t going to give up on that prize easily.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The small steps that lead into the music room, the wonderfully compact and almost soulful ambient hiding hole of the great and good of Stourbridge’s musical elite that reside in Katie Fitzgerald’s have told a thousand tales, have housed some of the most expansive and genuinely beautiful talent that the area can boast. A talent that is rich and diverse and amongst it all, in the throng of a the marquee and the locally brewed guitar string and distilled to perfection lyric, stands Eddy Morton and his latest album Rainbow Man.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
It Might Never Happen is Jim Pearson’s fifth studio album. If you have not heard Jim Pearson so far, you need to. Simply put, the album is thoughtful, evocative, playful and intelligent indie-pop and indie-folk at its finest and catchiest. Eclectic and retro in sound, the songs will have listeners tapping out a beat and humming along as much as any cheesy pop song and whatever the lyrics are doing the songs mostly have an upbeat sensibility.
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It is perhaps more of a telling state of the world in the last year, the feeling of sheer abandon that has crept through in certain quarters and into the lives of those who have been placed into such desperation that the debut E.P., Widow, by Darke Complex should resonate with the anger and warning of the Liberty Bell being struck with the same ferocity as was achieved when first cast in Whitechapel and before being cracked as it stood resplendent on American soil.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
There is something intrinsically special, something that really gets underneath the skin of an artist when they can change tack between albums and give you further insight into their talents. It is an insight that hits you with without a warning note, without a declaration of war being announced or even hostilities being discussed; more like an offering of peace and long lasting diplomacy, an offering that makes you realise yet again how versatile Mark Poutney is as artist.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
As thank you notes go, The Purple Album is arguably one of the finest of the lot. No need to content yourself to putting a few acknowledgments on the sleeve notes, if there is time, then re-record, re-imagine the past and really say cheers, really say thank you with open arms and mean it. For David Coverdale the past is a very important place, he acknowledges that without it, his long and abundant career would never have taken off in quite the same way. For Whitesnake, for David Coverdale is the long and respected thank you, deserving a place in any Rock fans armoury.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The great Joe Cocker may no longer be with us but the woman who breaks as many hearts and sounds as outstanding as him, especially when in full flight, is very much becoming a huge part of the British Blues scene.
The Storm Inside, both as the artists playing the music and their new album itself, is so full of tension, the bleak look at loneliness juxtaposed with the yearning of sacrifice and the desire to be held close is so engrained into the Little Devils line up that the voice of Yoka resonates across each song as if Time itself is under pressure to acknowledge just how storming this woman is.
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There is perhaps nothing more beguiling in the face of a stranger than an Enigmatic Smile. It is the combination of fascinating inquisitive allure shrouded in the dark and the beast of sex appeal that captures the imagination. It either can lead down a path of enlightenment or towards the sinister and threatening, in the case of German Metal band Annisokay, enlightenment and the mysterious go hand in hand.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The opening song of Jon Chi’s new album, Another Rising Sun, perhaps sums up the atmosphere and belief the listener experiences when listening to it. Words You Can Believe In as both a title and an adage has surely not been suggested with such accuracy in quite a while. It is to Jon Chi’s credit that such words are taken with such humility, sheer sincerity and abundance of faith, for faith is never displaced in the album and sincerity is what binds it together.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
It was always deemed a privilege to be allowed access into the confines of a parlour, the chance to talk openly, perhaps even frankly of the business of the day or of some particular trouble that was vexing the local community. It was also a place where the women of the household could do what they did best in the grander houses of the period, that of being gracious in the art of listening, making sure the right stories were handed down and to be the real power behind the throne; in any household.