Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The history of the world might show that some tales, some stories, deeds and misadventures, might pass away without much thought but no matter what someone will always remember, someone will reminisce, and then the truth of it all, the history of such things will be that Nothing Is Forgotten.

For Stand Alone, a new rising set of stars to whom the world beckons with crooked finger but with straightforward and honest desire, Nothing Is Forgotten and neither should it be in this their ear-catching melodic debut E.P.

Nobody should ever stand alone, nobody should ever feel that estranged, there should always be a semblance of humanity to be shown in any argument and in the five songs on offer by the band, the urgent feel of gripping power, of charming action soars within the young confines that yearn to break out and take on the world.

Memory is everything, memory reminds you of where you started out and just how far you have come and for the Bradford band, that memory is arguably sacred. Growing up in the West Yorkshire town, in the shadow of Leeds, of disaster, of lost hope thanks to successive Government inaction and thankfully in the very rich heritage that abounds through the beauty of the past, Stand Alone take their music to great heights and with the great dedication that comes through each song, they surely won’t stand alone for long; the national stage awaits for those who persevere.

Whether in False Beginnings, This Is Ours, the excellent Easier Said Than Done or in the plentiful vein of musical groove that sweeps through In Control, Stand Alone paint a picture on an expansive Yorkshire canvas that shows Bradford as something to be proud of, that their lives, as with everybody’s in this world, means something, means more than just playing with Time.

Nothing Is Forgotten, is not likely to ever be, when a band of this quality can command music to deal with heroic stance of at first standing alone and then having others cheer you on. A very good debut and one that is a pleasure to hear.

Ian D. Hall