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Tending your own garden is perhaps a chore for some people, for others it is a pleasure, to be at one with nature, to know that each seed placed into the Earth has the potential to grow, to mature, into something special, that it can be seen to hold in its own place or time, an aspect of the gardener who tended it, who nurtured it, and who in the end took the time to see it go through its life cycle with love.
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Never mind the sound of the suburbs, or even the underground, at times what we really need to take notice of is kept out of sight from us, intentionally perhaps, by design – absolutely, and if we are to affect a Sea Change, then we need to do more than say we have listened to those suffering most, we need prove it, we need to declare that every tower block, every neighbourhood, communities up and down the country and worldwide, every person who has been left behind and whose story can be told, is given the stand, the moment, in which to state firmly that those who intentionally silence a life should pay for it in kind.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
You don’t know what you have misplaced until you find it again.
Those Blues keep on coming, those heart-breaking moments of love and unrestraint, the sentiment of passion, the honesty of the damaged, the truth behind the whispering guitar; the Blues keep on coming, and why, because deep down we all understand what it is to lose at love.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
It is time to embrace the act of Unlearning, to shed the skin that accompanies years and decades of imposed belief, and by doing so the weight of illusion that has dragged us down blind alleys, has had us almost corpse ridden in the act of rancid nostalgia, is discarded and cast off as simply as the scales that have been removed from the eyes of the informed and enlightened.
Unlearning behaviour is a right, a necessity of growth, and it must be achieved by sacrificing certain toxic traits of mindfulness, but never once letting go of the integrity you have developed.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
If Dante can take the reader’s hand and lead them through a spiralling poetic narrative of figures inhabiting Hell, then the modern listener can certainly appreciate what it means for a youthful soul to attempt to atone for their sins and gain access to the other realm, and perhaps aid them in the melody-filled adventure of a lifetime.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons, the type of crowd we all find waiting for us in the back lit bars and the luminescence of shadows, they require payment, a settlement of funds with added interest accrued daily, only these Remittance Men are not in it to put the chains on the debtors, but they are pushing the audience to expand their appreciation of what truly flows, not pounds, shillings and pence, but art, expression, joy, acceptance, the allowance of Time to find the point of existence.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There is nothing quite like the thrill, the trembling ecstasy, of finding a sound that is willing, determined, to shout into the void, a voice that comes from out of the dark, and like the figure on the pier, hands clasped to the ears, the swirling, layered canvas that is life catching the moment of delight, the solitude of pain, the agony of expression, the belief of true parity amongst equals.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Life is a magic, sometimes a beautiful and intensely passionate one that captivates the soul, occasionally one that is filled is the sorrow and grief of all that has passed, individually and collectively, and yet both must be experienced with grace, with meaning, and one that whether you walk the road alone, or in the company of others, must give way to mercy.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The moment you can praise another artist for a sculpture, for a composition, for any type of artistic endeavour you have brought to life, you shed ego, you take on an altogether different role, one that captures the soul arguably with greater depth than when you take the plaudits for yourself; shedding ego, is not about letting go of your pride or your work, but acknowledging that others have played a part, have assisted have influenced, have given you the freedom to be something more than just an ordinary Joe striking out, you are in fact the epitome of being human.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Find someone who thinks deep thoughts and who acts upon them accordingly. Never be fooled by the alure of gold which can tarnish, instead protect, and praise the natural which can blossom and provide instead; and if you must be heartbroken, then let the words of poets and the observations of artists lead you back to a place where you are thankful for the experience offered, and not wallowing in the misery that the committee of offenders hoped for.