Liverpool Sound and Vision rating * * * *
To look into the Vortex is perhaps to either suffer the ensuing madness of the Universe or to see the pattern of the daring, the beautiful and the artful. Either state of mind is to know that there are forces out there that can be manipulated, can be staged and controlled but they can never be as celebrated or admired in the same way, they are swirls of artistry and beauty and ones that capture the imagination to its fullest.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There are cover versions and then there are real humdingers, songs that have been given such a new lease of life that they buzz with a new purpose that thrills the musical soul. Many musicians and boy bands can recreate the sound of a much loved anthem, the pop classic, the standard bearer of a generation who knew the song inside out and adored it but somehow it gets rehashed by the latest so called boy band and the song somehow loses its power. Then there are The Bad Shepherds and the incredible folk twist they bring to music which illuminates that power and gives it a new meaning.