Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It seems to be a dichotomy in waiting, the serenity of the title enraged by the possibility of destruction to be wrecked upon the coast; the sacrifice that the coral will offer in place of the spreading and multitudes of sands. When A Shoreline Dream releases the power of the Whirlwind, the mixed message might take some getting used to but soon becomes as hauntingly beautiful as sitting down in the grass covered dunes and letting the water smash over you.

The haunting vocal at the heart of A Shoreline Dream’s Whirlwind is gracious, continuous and inspiring; it is the constant of the inconsiderate yield to human nature, to the dark side of human experience. The loss of someone close and the taking of a life to whom only close proximity is the only relationship imaginable, all of these moments make us remember just how fleeting time is, that it devours with ravenous intent and takes in the end no prisoners.

A Shoreline Dream’s Ryan Policky and Erik Jeffries understand this completely and make this alternative Rock track stand out beyond the norm, they capture the unsympathetic and ruthlessly cull the irony, decimate the callous and bring the mind of the listener to the front of the issue with time and the passing of all that goes around us. We might not be the same person as we were yesterday but somehow we expect the world around to stay the same, to not progress, we seem perturbed to see an old friend age, we get caught up in the drama of a building being demolished and yet celebrate when a new shopping centre opens; it is in this dichotomy that the experience of life is skewed and governed.

Whirlwind is the tornado in which blows apart the tempered anger and allows the single tear to be the most moving thing you can imagine; it is hope but also desecration and discretion huddled together in the dark, each one looking for survival. Whirlwind is the cause and effect and it is one that is worth chasing.

Ian D. Hall