Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
That which we desire haunts us, then when we finally attain that which stole our waking dreams, we arguably allow it to control us, never to seek its counsel, only to divide our soul and brain into two different factions; one which concerns itself with managing the wonder, and that which wants more, that which demands an extension of the feeling, the rush, in which it first experienced the joy at hand.
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We don’t truly disappear in an instant, one day we are here the next we are not; for even in the final moment between life and death the sense of self resides with hope…it is more that we slowly overtime vanish from view, what we perceive for us to be is slowly wiped away like a complex sum on a maths board that is poured over and studied and then slowly cleaned as the student moves on to more intricate methods of discerning the subject matter.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Every little thing we do is documented from the moment we come into the world, and if we are fortunate, that comes in the form of art, through the skill and performance of a person who will do anything, who will tear apart the world, just to make you smile.
A dedication on an album will give us a glow, a mention in a biography will leave a lasting impression for the generations that follow us on Time’s crazy stone paving; to be the star of the tale, the inspiration, the stimulus for the artist’s pursuit of examination will forever be the lodestone of our time on Earth, for we are the reason a piece of art, in whatever form, exists.
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Even to the adoring listener, a single will only offer what amounts to a snap shot in time of what has been consuming the artist, the influence almost transitory…unless it forms part of the larger picture, the album in all its glory which is the equivalent perhaps of an Instagram message, but more of a detailed novel which frames the length of time in which the artist has given over which might be a few months, or in some cases, years between arrangements and full release.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Logic often be damned, and lucidity be unquiet, for to create art we need to listen to voices in the air that speak to the inner turmoil of existence, and be prepared for the brilliance that shines from being in tune with observation, being on the same wave length as the colours that shape the images that becomes the sculptures of music, of novels, of poetry and drama…for logic only takes you so far, what we need to truly love life is the translucence of self-expression.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Whatever you may think of Kevin Rowlands, the voice behind the exceptional Dexys Midnight Runners, there can be no doubting of his commitment to the cause to which he sets his mind, the issues that get under his skin take root and manifest into actions and words, they are absolute and honest.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
We have lost more than we know in the last few years, and whilst Time inevitably catches us all unawares, the shock of the legendary performer taking a final bow from the stage as the music slowly fades, will always leave a lasting sadness to all who have had the pleasure, the honour, of listening to them, and arguably so with greater conviction, those who have lost their mentor and friend.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Collaboration is a strange and magnificent beast.
To involve someone else in your imagination takes courage, you don’t know how they will react to even the slightest change in mood as ideas flow thickly, or as slowly as precision dictates. To collaborate in art is take on a greater degree of trust that is akin in many ways to that of a marriage. Each side has their own interpretation of what will ensure success or a brief beautiful liaison, each moment is a learning curve that is steep and possibly undermining to the overall creation; and this is never truer than in the debut offering rather than in the long-established contribution.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Everyone that you encounter will arguably agree that as a music fan, the festival event is a particular experience that fills the mind and soul with something special, that no matter where, There’s A Place that sticks in the mind that nothing can ever replace,; a line-up that through the day, past the heat of the afternoon and long into the night’s blistering almost religious like fervour as the music roars, as the music leaves a shrine to your love and existence on this spinning ball.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Looking for something in the world that will take your mind off the diamonds you have neglected upon the way will have you Always Seeking where the dust has grown, and the riverbed has gone dry.
The vantage point of discovery is seemingly lost as time goes by, and yet if you understand that the waters of life are more valuable than that of mere trinkets and gems, then you know that the trail laid will always see you home; so that which you were seeking becomes a prized possession…the gift most loved, that of the sound of a human heart telling its story when you are ready to hear it being told.