Category Archives: Music

Malinky, Far Better Days. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It seems there is always someone proclaiming that Far Better Days are ahead, especially if it matches with their own agenda. The promises come round quicker than an election leaflet being dropped through the door or the assurance of a less than sincere lover promising that they will learn from their mistakes and yet repeating the same clumsy moves over and over again. Yet in some ways there are always better times waiting, whether it is in the realisation that some people just suck the life out of you and all you have to do is walk away from the drama or in that one day someone, somewhere will show you the glimpse of the universe beating in harmony, some things are to held tightly and enjoyed; for there is the possibility that there are indeed Far Better Days to enjoy.

Malinky, Far Better Days. Album Review. full post

(466 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Stacey Solomon, Shy. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

The 21st Century has not been kind in terms of putting up a barrier between the soul and media scrutiny. It has not fared well in the way that some people are perceived, maybe of their own volition, maybe because they are attention seeking so and so’s who offer nothing to the world but empty vacuous doctrine and a sample of the bile to expect if their brains should ever be examined.

Stacey Solomon, Shy. Album Review. full post

(584 words, estimated 2:20 mins reading time)

Mo Evans, Spilled My Love. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9.5/10

Pedigree and genetics is possibly not the first phrase that might pop into your head first thing in the morning, unless of course you have been up all night worrying about your judgement at the latest round of Crufts. However, it a useful comment to remember when thinking of the sublime talent that lives and breathes with every sinew straining to break loose as you listen to the new E.P from Mo Evans, the scintillating and inspiring Spilled My Love.

Mo Evans, Spilled My Love. E.P. Review. full post

(536 words, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

Jess And The Bandits, Here We Go Again. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Here We Go Again, the debut release from the impressive Jess and the Bandits, a group that many may have missed out hearing but one in which the spirit of adventure and willingness to shape the path ahead. Very much in the same vein that the likes of Alison Moyet who took under her control three decades before, and deliver songs in a controlled, female guile-expressive way but with the ability to capture the mood fully and dominate the proceedings.

Jess And The Bandits, Here We Go Again. Album Review. full post

(559 words, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

Forthaven, Lifeline. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Everybody needs a lifeline in their life. Whether it is the friend that will take a call at four in the morning when the ebb is at its lowest, the chance to shine when everything else has been denied to them or even just the possibility that a feeling of hope may be reciprocated and followed through, there should always be a lifeline for everybody.

Forthaven, Lifeline. Album Review. full post

(380 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

TINI, Undo My Heart, Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The way Britain was shaped can be seen as to come from many different factors and many differing races’ influences. To suggest otherwise, is at best folly, and at worst downright stupidity, it is the watchword of those who arguably set their agenda out with the clarity of a doughnut covered in barbed wire and with the jam replaced with the taste of bitter almonds. For whilst Britain is an island nation, its outlook and the way it absorbs other cultures, customs and artistic ethos is arguably amongst the most open in the world.

TINI, Undo My Heart, Album Review. full post

(466 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Dani Wilde, Songs About You. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Brighton has many things to be proud of, it is the untarnished jewel on the U.K.’s South Coast, the place in which places itself neatly between the extremes afforded the other towns and cities that run between Dover and the start of the unseen fifth country of the U.K. Cornwall. From its wonderful liberalism that many flock too with open arms to some of the architecture and art, Brighton is perhaps seen as the Liverpool of the South and in Dani Wilde, the Blues has perhaps their biggest hero in that part of the world.

Dani Wilde, Songs About You. Album Review. full post

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

Derek King, Sometimes. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

When Sometimes becomes an occasion, then it takes on a completely different meaning. As Sometimes is oft to do, the spirit of it can quickly transform in to a full blown opportunity, from the odd visit from a loved one to your door, to the day in which the occasion is celebrated with a mutual pact of understanding and genuine affection, Sometimes can manifest and transform into an occasion.

Derek King, Sometimes. Album Review. full post

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

The Black Circles, From The Top. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There are always rumours of musical life existing in some parts of the U.K. that would perhaps come as a surprise to some who regard the big city, be it Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow, Oxford, Liverpool, Derry or Swansea to be the be all and end all of musical contribution to the lifeblood of existence.

The Black Circles, From The Top. E.P. Review. full post

(507 words, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

Blancmange, Semi Detached. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

In adversity comes the greatest of challenges, to overcome adversity twice, albeit for two very different reasons is a mark of greatness. There never really should be any doubt that Blancmange bring a mark of greatness to the table that cannot be fully appreciated unless you took the band for the every word in the respective periods they have come to be associated with. Two eras separated by time, by complication and inconvenience and exemplified wonderfully by the new album, Semi Detached.

Blancmange, Semi Detached. Album Review. full post

(561 words, estimated 2:15 mins reading time)