Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
There is something quite comforting about watching Squeeze perform their huge back catalogue of hits, particularly when their set is now liberally laced with tracks from their first brand new album in 17 years – that being Cradle to the Grave, the “soundtrack” for Danny Baker’s life story telling sitcom currently running on B.B.C.2 starring Peter Kay.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
There are not many bands that can make the ordinary extraordinary, that take a minute of a life and turn it into a whole progression of infinite possibility and yet still be down grounded and down to Earth enough for all who hear it, who understand the significance of it all.
For Squeeze, the words have long-held significance; they have proposed an urban romance since their first initial days of one of London’s New Wave and one that hasn’t been tainted by the spectre of time. It is the words and overwhelming playful music that brings the band back into the spotlight in some great fashion with their first studio album with brand new songs in many years, the gloriously enjoyable Cradle To The Grave.