Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
If the internet is to be believed, there is a division of attitude and opinion circulating what people and fans perceive to be a challenge to art history, specifically that in which is revered as a magical experience that equates to the human condition at its most vulnerable; and that separation is arguably unwarranted.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Harmony is to be prized, to be in sync with oneself is to feel the universe at your fingertips guiding you to create the seemingly impossible with everything that makes you unique, a star, a coded piece of human machinery in which the world awaits your latest discovery.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
We look to the ashes of a controlled fire in the warmth of a home and feel the cold memories of a dark morning fill our minds, regret of having let the fire go out, of our struggle to reignite the day ahead…where Embers lay though, we should find the will to harness the energy and be buoyed and enthused about seeing the flames of decision and the heat of life cause the wood to burn and our skin to become warm to the touch from those that love and care for us.
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Live albums are defined by their nature to aim arrows of desire straight at the heart of the discerning and fanciful listener, they are created not only to showcase the brilliance of the artist in the setting of their choice, but to install the craving to witness the machine and the soul working in harmony for themselves; it is a symbol of union that has been proactively astute for decades and does wonders for the morale of both the musician and for the loving inquisitive public.
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It is not what you know, but what you come to understand that means you have found revolution and evolution to be twins sharing a similar heart, a beat that time will always provide even when you don’t realise its was always waiting for you to catch up and be part of the movement going forward.
Evolution and revolution beats within every pulse of music, and perhaps for Steely Dan that was the driving force as Walter Becker and Donald Fagan sought expanse, as they strove for a kind of enlightenment and ambition in the album Aja.
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The connection we believe we seek is not always apparent, it can come out of nowhere, it comes as we build monuments to all that we once held dear, it arrives unannounced as we see the past demolished in favour of new beliefs and loves, and as we come to understand the time it takes to see an Empire Falling, so we are struck by the enormity of the task in front of us to create a realm that will not suffer the same fate again.
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It seems incredulous that one of the godfathers of Progressive Rock should witness his own solo career defined by what could only be described as inertia, even apathy as he struggled to live in the shadows of two of the biggest presences and one of absolute enigma as they created music that would span into the coming decades with brutal certainty.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
When an album has the feel of a concept perfectly weaved through it, and yet does not have the final essence that gives it that stamp of recognition, that is the sign of total mastery by the artist, and arguably what might be considered the best album of a career because of it.
Toyah, the undisputed Queen of Birmingham’s gig theatre experience, stepped out of the adulation received for the album Anthem, and perhaps found a different way to express her own feelings, her emotions, and turned the poetry and art within her rage to one which is almost Progressive, beyond verse, it is punk but with an extra emotional drama attached to it.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Often a performer will acknowledge the influence of a band or songwriter in a way that an odd song will creep into their repertoire on stage or feature with a wistful air of appreciation on an album; it is a more than a nod to the past, it is a tribute that all who create art must admit to if they are to be seen as sincere and earnest about their craft.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Never Stop…for the moment you do you run the risk of people believing you have become an irrelevance, you become forgotten, only finding your name being mentioned in passing in a popular evening gameshow or recalled as the music for an arthouse film’s midway credits.