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For those who have experienced the side effects of living in a part of the world where darkness prevails for months on end like a lonely wolf stalking its prey with relentless but determined passion, it never seems to end and Waiting On The Sun to come and drain the life from the wintery waste is like being the hare that the wolf has got the scent of, it drains you to the point of exhaustion.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There are times when you just want to round up the four members of The Mono LPs and shake them by the hand for giving you a few minutes of absolute pleasure, longer of course if you are fortunate to catch them live. However, for the time it takes for their new single Emilia to reach its explosive end, not only do you want to shake them by the hand but you would offer them anything to release a double album in which to sink the entire day into.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
It is as if Aldous Huxley and Philip K. Dick sat down one sunny afternoon, exchanged their views on the world and the inevitability of a dystopian nightmare and their perception on what life would be like if Humanity didn’t pull back from the brink of self-congratulation and its destructive self-harm; and from the collective pre-eminence that followed the flow and serious banter spawned an idea that would only come into being when Omrade were ready to unleash musical Film Noir on to the world with the tremendous Edari.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The acid test for any artist is how they sound live, how they appear on stage and the reaction to the music which has been patiently poured over, dissected and hopefully enjoyed in the home; the C.D. player getting the full examination of its potential as the digital read-out gets dangerously close to a figure in which N.A.S.A. would abort a mission.
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Brighton has many attractions to it, so many special unique features and a way of life that marks it out as perhaps the most bohemian place, alongside Whitby, in Britain. It may not have the grandeur afforded it as Edinburgh nestles in, the history that London shamelessly parades, the industry that Birmingham gave the world or the humour and culture that Liverpool rightly is rightly proud of, but Brighton is something else entirely, it has meaning of all of its own and its exceptional appeal marks out as striving to have all the qualities that Edinburgh, Liverpool and London offer, but on a smaller, but nonetheless important scale.
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The world has been a poorer place without the input of King King in it, of that there can be no doubt. The rich tapestry of life is only as deep and meaningful if all the players are taking part and their own story flows like wine at the aftershow of Cana. The tapestry needs to be woven closely and any interruption to the stitch and needlework is likely to cause a tear in the fabric and leave a gaping hole for the light to shine through despondently.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Music is arguably never finer than when it conveys a story with strength of will and sheer abundance of spirit. When it throws a great tune into the mix, it positively roars with delight and somehow has the power to even start the day off on a brighter, less sepia induced tone. It begs the question of how much nicer the world would seem first thing in the morning, even if hailstones the size of golf balls were bouncing off the ground in rapid, quick fire succession, if the vast majority of people put on a record before going out to work rather than worrying that the bloated market is down a couple of points.
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For many, being told as children that if you have nothing nice to say, then keep your mouth firmly shut, is a maxim to live by even into middle age or even to swear by as infirmity and shortness of breath lend a hand to day to day existence. The only trouble with that aphorism in the modern age, people tend to either believe you are being either provocative in your silence and therefore just fancy bashing you round the head with their sarcasm and ill judged retorts or, and possibly more damning, they might take the biting down on the tongue for mild acceptance, that they have done nothing wrong in life and you accept them for what they are, even if they have ventured into the beige and downbeat.
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To constantly evolve and move forward is a must. When an artist stagnates and starts to drift, not just away from their core audience, but also in respects of becoming machine like, delving towards the beige, then the spark begins to fade, the initial burst of excitement that was first felt can dribble away like flat lemonade down a drain. This thankfully is not the case for Liverpool born Gem Andrews as she releases her second album Vancouver, beige is not to be seen, the well oiled lyrical value of one associated with the city of Liverpool is of great quality, the songs run smoothly with bristling agitation and the urge to be seen fully; beige is not an option.
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When the vibe is good then it rocks the house down and your neighbours, normally two feet from the wall and banging with ever sinew and muscle flexing and a small amount of foam dribbling down their unhappy chin, suddenly come round and ask you to turn it up. Then the music fan delights in the mayhem they have caused, and the small victory of the right music played at the right time makes the heart beat a little faster.