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Midland Railway, One Day. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

One Day…it is the lie and the hope we tell each ourselves, the moment when we decide firmly that we wish to attempt to own a slice of time that is forever ours; whether we achieve it or not is not in the lap of the gods or the dictation of fate, it is whether we believe the lie enough to see it become reality, or we cloud our judgement by insisting that the truth of success is unobtainable, that hope sits in the same imposing chair as scornful optimism and cannot be budged by sheer human effort.

Midland Railway, The Pokemon Adventure. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

We place our trust and hands in the ability to connect with others, to form friendships, to have a group of people in our lives that wish only good things and warm thoughts for us; that we might be able to be part of their journey, their passage into the world beyond the tightly bound timetable of hellos and goodbyes.

Midland Railway, Gig Review. The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow. 2014.

Midland Railway at The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow, 2014. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Midland Railway at The Cavern Club, Liverpool. International Pop Overthrow, 2014. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7 1/2/ 10

There is arguably nothing better than coming across a band with a sense of humour when the day has been filled with powerful meaningful songs, tracks that have exploded your mind and set the bran on a semi quaver rush. The art of the whimsy, of lyrics that speak at times more eruditely than the impassioned unveiled contempt and derision quite rightly aimed at those the general public are forced to stomach being in power, whimsy and humour is a very powerful tool and in the hands of Midland Railway, led by Nick Lote from Harbourne in Birmingham, the humour of the band shines through.