Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Beneath a blaze of lights and lasers, backed by a boom of energised electric guitar and the thumping drumbeats provided by the superb Phil Westwood, Vesbim announced their arrival on stage at The New Brighton Floral Pavilion to perform their magnificent representation of Pink Floyd’s iconic 1979 album The Wall in grand style, and never for a moment let the pace slip.

That there are ten members of this Wallasey based project can only add to the overall acoustic being monumental, but what this ensemble achieve throughout their three hours on stage almost defies belief, particularly when considering that their budget is shoe-string thin and much less than that of the likes of Australian or Brit Floyd by whom their efforts will inevitably be compared.

Yet still Vesbim manage to occasionally eclipse even these stalwarts of tributes, with an all round performance of visual and audio brilliance that left the audience gasping and individual outings of such tremendous power and exuberance audiences are more-or-less guaranteed to be out of their seats and yelling got more.

Of the many, many highlights, Ste Riley’s saxophone work during Breathe and Money in the second half collection of Floyd classics, Dave Crilly and Andy Pennington’s magnificent solos on Comfortably Numb and chilling vocals of both Michael Ronson during Bring The Boys Back Home and Lee Harding’s power during Shine On You Crazy Diamond are worthy of reviews of their own.

However if there is one section that will be spoken of for a long, long time it is that which is belted out magnificently by Jade Tremarco. In taking on all four part vocals of The Great Gig In The Sky, Ms. Tremarco clutches them all to her soul and then sets them free to wreak glorious havoc amongst the packed members of the audience, leaving them standing in awe at the oratorio’s climax and yelling, breathlessly, for more.

With lights enough dazzling enough to land a fleet of passenger airliners and sound effects of such crystal clarity some were ducking in anticipation of real time explosions, Vesbim are a collective of upmost magnificence and their next outing should be widely anticipated, whereas this version of The Wall and more should be acclaimed loud, long and lustfully.

Chris High