Category Archives: Music

Zach Phillips: Goddaughters. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Be the best that you can ever be, but never allow yourself to think that you are superior to anyone, be gracious and be an inspiration, however, never allow anyone to stop your dreams, never allow the Goddaughters of providence and chance to stop you from conceiving brilliance.

Following on from 2020’s The Wine Of Youth and pursued through a period in time in which life, human existence was pushed close to breaking, San Diego’s Zach Phillips returns, stimulated and encouraged by a darker sentiment, one of a possibility that we never want to see or consider happening in his brand new release, the superb Goddaughters.

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(387 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

Sebastian And The Poor Valley Marauders: Live. Volume 1. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

Live and in person, the sound triggers the imagination, the lyrics offer the heart a chance to beat quicker, to the mind a sense of purpose is grasped, and for the soul, well when you listen to Sebastian And The Poor Valley Marauders in full flight, the soul can only praise which ever deity gave you ears for the belief you are about to receive.

Sebastian And The Poor Valley Marauders: Live. Volume 1. E.P. Review. full post

(387 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)

Neil Campbell: Alive In Prohibition. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

The difference between dealing with prohibition and living under the sentence of exclusion may be a technicality, but at least during prohibition if you knew where to have a good time, you could guarantee to find the time of your life, an approval granted by many to see the joy denied those who refuse to hear, rebuffed by those who quarrel with beauty.

Neil Campbell: Alive In Prohibition. Album Review. full post

(459 words, estimated 1:50 mins reading time)

Kim Edgar: Consequences. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

We have forgotten a prime instruction in life, to tread softly upon this Earth. Not only the ground beneath our feet, but the hearts of potential loves we have come to insist on hitting the soul of another to leave a bruise, when all we truly need is to leave a good impression; and our environment we have come like chaos to damn it, to make it quake in the shadows as we peel away every layer of reason that gives us hope, that allows us the belief to be more than savage.

Kim Edgar: Consequences. Album Review. full post

(424 words, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)

When Rivers Meet: Christmas Is Here/It’s The Time Of Year. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The reflection of Christmas present is all well and good, indeed much needed in our particular viewpoint of the age, but it also requires the muscle, to be more than decoration, it insists on power, the toned carving knife of time to truly take the much-anticipated roast apart and give the punch and he sauce which the festivity truly deserves.

When Rivers Meet: Christmas Is Here/It’s The Time Of Year. Single Review. full post

(334 words, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

Dick Eliot: Oh Holy Night. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Even for the heart that shuns the time of year, the soul that adamantly decries the season as anything other than a modern trap of debt and indentured servitude, there comes a moment that breaks the barriers down for a while and gives relief to the person who is willing to see past the crass commercialism and allow the human voice to fill their ears.

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(482 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band: Live At The Greek Theatre 2019. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The public understand that they are in a fortunate position when they see the curtain rise, when the first chord is struck, when the radiant smile of appreciation, groove, and love is flashed across the stage like a returning hero, for how often can we expect an all-time legend, arguably one of four men to whom their name shall be revered long after music history eats itself, and one to whom fills a room with more than just a song and a memory, but a vibe as well, to keep producing fantastic nights for the crowd given that time is always against us.

Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band: Live At The Greek Theatre 2019. Album Review. full post

(541 words, estimated 2:10 mins reading time)

Cary Balsano: Not Like Sheeran. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Always be ready to take a step out of your comfort zone, as an artist, as a listener, it is a sacred duty to your mind and your soul that what you enjoy and practise is only the surface level of your endeavour, you must in effect go punk to stride forward; and if nothing else it will concentrate your thoughts on seeing a larger, more detailed picture evolve before your eyes.

Cary Balsano: Not Like Sheeran. Single Review. full post

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

Jim Pearson: Your Stupid Life. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Never think your life is dull, never allow the thought that your existence in this world means little, or next to nothing, to take hold…all it takes is a single spark in the most unique of organs on the planet to prove that your life means more than what you have been led to believe, or even that in which the inner voice will elaborately whisper about what you conceive to be is Your Stupid Life, but in which lays the falsehood of an identity not wanting to reached, the imposter syndrome to which a mind has achieved greatness.

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(484 words, estimated 1:56 mins reading time)

The Plague: Hope For The F.U.T.U.R.E. (2.0). Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

What was once a dream of shining spires, of mutual collaboration between countries, and a prospect of peace, learning, and undaunted exploration forged in the unfettered potential, has become a future that is uncertain, that is stranded somewhere between bleak and inaccessible, of opportunity dashed, and expectations lowered, slashed to the barest bone of life.

The Plague: Hope For The F.U.T.U.R.E. (2.0). Album Review. full post

(505 words, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)