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Those Footsteps On The Broken Road that we hear beside us belong to the soul that wants to take our hand and accompany us to a place where love is not a crime or considered weak, where sunsets never fail to be beautiful, and each new dawn is one that holds mystery and adventure; the footsteps may be travelling a broken road, but the stride is conscious, the pace steady, and the company unbroken.
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Whilst others may question our motives, we must always be aware of our own vibrancy, of our own values, for what others may see as intention, as reputation, is in actual fact character, it is honour and integrity moulded together by those who see with more than just their eyes, who feel with more than their gut instinct, it is those who have heard the call of Awaken, and who sleep only to dream.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Life was simpler once.
Not the cry of the technophobe lamenting the surge in technology, but the nostalgia of a truth that whispers that humanity has lost its ability to understand the complex arrangements of social cohesion, that we talk a big game, we commend ourselves on our defining character of peace, love and understanding and lifting up ones neighbour, but that we truly are devoid in the large percentage of being truly empathetic, that we have lost touch with our essence because we have embraced a more tactile relationship with the space in between true physical and emotional conduct.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
We either lash out unthinkingly when we are confronted with pressure that upsets our being, our equilibrium, or we take a step back, we allow what has played out before us to be filtered, to be challenged internally before making what we believe to be action based on rational and intellectual judgement. It depends on the provocation, it changes from confrontation to confrontation, from conflict, row and quarrel, and what is often In Front Of Us is not the same as what we have passed on the way.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Those Sung Stories are more than just an aide memoire, they are more than the sadness highlighted by the verbal communication of the memento mori, the spirit of another time influencing the heartbeat as it soars, as it falls, sung stories are the framework of society, of how we have come together in terms of community, they tell of battles waged and won, they tell of storms survived, they inform us of how we can be proud and free in the face of aggression, in the face of despots and dictators.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Raise a glass in celebration, smash your metal Tankard into another’s metallic stein, for in true fashion of observance and memorial, the anniversary of the one of the finest, most fun live, and the salutation of all that makes Teutonic Metal an absolute fest of glory. It is one to revel in and glorify without any sense of shame, without batting an eyelid as the bottle top is removed and the liquor of life pours without discrimination, so to the release of A Thousand Beers is to be acknowledged as a box set that ties together the first set of outstanding albums by Tankard under the Noise Records label.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
They say everybody loves a happy ending, the chance to feel the warmth of humanity as a couple drives off into the sunset and all that witnessed the relationship go through its ups and downs to reach a point where the story ends; the freezing of a moment captured forever on celluloid, the last line of a saga in the written word, the final upbeat note framed forever as the song fades…and yet what seems to fade can come roaring back, a fashion of expression returns, a revival of a play not performed for thirty years, a major name in music returning after an almost twenty year studio album break…not everything fades to emptiness, and for the fans of Tears For Fears, not everything is perhaps as it may have seemed.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
A dominating spectrum of colour, one that could be seen as a response to the times we find ourselves in, an overwhelming sense of formality and richness to which people wish to portray in certain settings, or even the reminder of the heavenly body, our closest neighbour in the sky is bathed in the dark blackness of the solar system permanently on one side; whatever Silver & Black means to a person, it must be appreciated as being influential, it must be acknowledged that is stands out, an impact of force that acts as a counter to the blinding light of false security.
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We pay homage to those who came before us in more ways than we might ever consider. Such is the relationship between past and present that at points in our ever-extending repertoire we revert, perhaps fleetingly, but always with grace in our choices, to that which influenced us in our formative years.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Observation is the key to capturing the essence of the soul. You can find beauty in anything, but if you don’t truly look with more than just your eyes, if you don’t feel with more than just your heart, then what you observe is no more than a snapshot of a single emotion caught in the moment. Observation is key, but you must be prepared to see it through a kaleidoscope and not just a glimpse of a polaroid waved in front of you by a well-meaning, but ultimately over excitable friend.