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The best albums invoke memories, the same as all art, if it captures a moment in your mind where you can understand, where you can feel the empathy in your soul, then that it is that your DNA springs to life and fizzes with excitement at the images or sounds that once enraptured your heart.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
An exclamation of disbelief that we all proclaim in one variant form or another, the mouth open in shock and surprise, the eyes wide and staring at the unveiled grace; we can either accept that words of enduring memory will spring forth at such a time, or we can go against type, we can go against the manufactured spells of others and just declare with certainty Heavens To Betsy, this is the stuff of legends.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
Philosophy and temperament are normally passed down from one generation to the next, with a sprinkling of learning from others in between and yet we can see with almost perfect precision the depth of knowledge and wisdom gleaned by Bernard Allison from his much-missed father, Luther. It is arguably the easiest philosophy to grasp, that of leaving the ego at the door, and by doing so you embrace humility, a modesty that money cannot influence, and that pride cannot shatter.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole, Mandip Cole, Goran Visnjic, Robert Glenister, Anjli Mohindra, Haley McGee, Paul Kasey, Robin Guiver, Erick Hayden, Russell Bentley, Brian Caspe, Shaun Mason.
It would be easy to dismiss the dreamers, those who see beyond the structure of the present moment and who just, understandably, want to see their lives as a strict progression of birth to death and the fun, the love, the lessons in between. There is nothing wrong with that state of mind, nothing that can, or should be, taken away from the simplicity which marks our time on Earth.
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You should never judge a book by its cover, although in the case of Magnum’s musical adorations and front artwork muses, it is arguably safe to say that is the detail is what pulls you inside the mythical, somewhat medieval, gothic world created by the renowned Rodney Matthews, and then leaves the visitor at the door pleading to be pleasured by the sound they hear tantalisingly being played inside the citadel, the palace that shows the beauty of The Serpent Rings of to its fullest, untarnished best.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
It is not a question that comes easy, one though where the answer might always be found lurking at the back of the mind, and one where when all is considered, can be seen to place the very idea of soul searching to which many of either embrace, or we shy away from, concerned with the results that will undoubtedly come our way; to be asked Are You Lonely Enough? is one that is born of regret, rejection and the opening of wounds that don’t recover.
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Not everything makes sense the first time that you approach the novel or the inspired difference, it might take a while for the unusual to sink in and few head scratches shared between friends and discussions with those that you share the news with. Then there is a moment of clarity, a smile of recognition envelopes your face and all that you took for granted can be replaced, a new thought in which to Love And Unlearn is a way to grapple with the world that declines to play by the rules you were taught to follow.
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The canvas, even at the end, still has room for one more additional brush of artistry that will compliment the overall picture, some will take the time to adorn, even flourish the one space they need to see the bigger picture, others will leave the plot blank, the secrets perhaps they keep to themselves of the one they have painted for others to see.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Anyone can do the right thing and be applauded for it in a world dominated by social media, but it takes a hero to make the moral choice of doing the right thing without the expectation of having been noticed.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
If you can find an artist who provides atmosphere as well as thought, then hold on to them for dear life, for they have been endowed with the ability to make an audience and a solo listener plumb the depths of beauty, melancholic grandness and the urge to walk down many roads holding their hands.