Tag Archives: Forthaven

Forthaven, Thorns. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

They are the symbol of the mocked and the scoffed at, they were alluded to as a punishment from God in the book of Genesis and they offer perhaps a more humid reflection on the way humanity treats its fellow man when they believe that imitation is not a sincere form of flattery but one that needs to be controlled and dispatched, to be held at arm’s length and to be kept within a prison of its own diabolical making. Thorns are there to remind us that whilst the going gets tough, the thorn can bite harder into the skin than any person who doesn’t understand or even want to try can ever do.

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(367 words, 1 image, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

Forthaven, Lifeline. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Everybody needs a lifeline in their life. Whether it is the friend that will take a call at four in the morning when the ebb is at its lowest, the chance to shine when everything else has been denied to them or even just the possibility that a feeling of hope may be reciprocated and followed through, there should always be a lifeline for everybody.

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

Forthaven, The People Of The World. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The very real tragedy that exposes the way humanity deals with a subject it doesn’t like is to sweep it under the carpet. They disown it, they move the subject along, they make excuses or pat it on the head, saying how terrible it all is, before moving swiftly on to talk about how much their home is now worth. For those in society who suffer the effects of mental illness, no matter how or to what degree, at times it does really feel as if the world is not just against you, it is actively campaigning to shut you up and move on. Nobody actually says anything constructive to get the ball rolling as a topic of conversation, not unless you count Forthaven and their brand new single The People of the World.

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(429 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Forthaven, Darkness. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

You can see why some people suggest that the Arts has no place in society, that the individual has no place in society and that the only way forward is for everybody to like the same things and they do it with a sneer and a calculated business-like mind…they are of course deluded, the cruel twist of nature that has taken them from seeing somebody’s worth by the art they create and instead only seeing what can be gained in monetary value.

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(377 words, estimated 1:30 mins reading time)

Forthaven, Histrionic. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Some things are just worth waiting for, even if it takes four years in which to create it for all to hear. Such is the pleasure of listening to Forthaven’s Histrionic, the indomitable Jay Roberts and a host of contributing artists that four years seems not to matter at all. Never mind the time, what matters is the end result and from start to finish this collection of songs is something to be proud of.

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(360 words, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)