Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The one thing you can never accuse one of the finest young talents in Liverpool of doing is putting his head in the sand and hoping that whatever ails the city will soon blow over. It is an observation that can be said of all with the eternal stamp of pride that comes with being born within sight of the Mersey, the far flung Welsh hills and the knowledge what is right and wrong pumped into their veins from an early age and for Kirkdale’s Dominic Dunn this is especially true as he offers his new single Bury Your Head out to those who will not stand idly as the sound of wolves biting and slavering away at decency rattle the doors and sniff at the windows.
To those who have heard Dominic perform since he was younger than his very obvious talents suggested, the sense of decency and prevailing, unwavering sense of justice that beats beneath the big heart, deep resonating thought and a voice that can hold any dissenting faction at bay is key to what makes him such a fabulous listen and a true hope for the future of Liverpool’s musical heritage alongside so many outstanding teenage gifts.
Bury Your Head is no exception, it is no fool and the song is replete with everything that you would come to expect from such a fine young songwriter. The faculty and wherewithal to make sure that the voice of affected youth continues to be heard but not in a way that would offend any delicate sympathises that may hinder such demands is to be heralded and makes this young man’s words, to whatever social situation that his creed, kind and age group go through, one in which should be heard and never ignored.
Gone are the days when such songs were taken as simplistic youthful rebellion, this is true and honest feelings put down and ones in which even a person of advancing years can take note of and agree with the sentiments contained wholeheartedly. It takes a special kind of person to be able to carry that emotion and as Dominic Dunn ably proves in Bury Your Head, that special breed, that towering gene is all.
Ian D. Hall