Originally published by L.S. Media. September 9th 2010.
The name Barry Briercliffe might not be one that immediately roles of the tongue outside of his native city of Liverpool but that could all change with his stunning new work.
On the 27th August Barry launched his new E.P; this set of four songs goes under the album title of The Alive and contains the tracks Hold On, Alive, Time Is Standing Still and The Real You. All these tracks will demand the complete attention of the listener as it offers an insight into one of the bright young things of the Liverpool scene, alongside Stephen Langstaff and adopted Scouser Richard O’ Flynn.
This really shouldn’t come as any surprise when you learn that Barry lists one of his own heroes in the credits, the musician Alun Parry whose own style and superb musicianship have filtered down to his young mentor.
The young Liverpudlian also cites his influences as the likes of Coldplay, Radiohead and Muse but there is wonderfully soul crunching sound to his music that makes the listener think immediately of Ed Harcourt. Barry captures this style perfectly on the E.P.
Barry is joined on the recording by Mark Blacoe on bass and Scott Poley on lead guitar and banjo. With these two musicians on board, Barry has pulled a masterstroke as they add a level of charm to the whole experience
A fantastic E.P which deserves all the success in the world.
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Ian D. Hall