Liverpool Sound and Vision * * * *

Preservation is a noble pursuit, regardless of whether it is in art or in the fabric of society, the buildings that define a city’s heritage, London’s Westminster Palace, The Tower of London, Birmingham’s Town Hall, Liverpool’s St. George’s Hall, all should be preserved, be seen as equal to the Mona Lisa, the great works of Shakespeare, Dryden, Dickinson and Bronte, preservation for the future. However, preservation must not get in the way of revolution, of change, of building a better world or moving forward with ideas; the world doesn’t have to burn completely, but it should smoulder from time to time.

It is in change, be it slow and methodical, or in the pulse of a raging star, that such recognition is observed and praised, stand still too long, churn out the same sound riffs and paint the same scenes, and soon all that is left is the usual acolytes, those that tell you all is well in the house, even when it not.

To preserve is laudable, to push on and move the situation to the next step is to be saluted and whilst bands rarely move too far from the core belief and structure, sometimes, even in the smallest detail, you can find a new sense of optimism awaiting the faithful listener, The Black Delta Movement scoring high on a new wave to keep the perpetual wheel from becoming rusty and seizing up.

It is in perpetual motion that Preservation should be given such a rousing status amongst the garage rock fraternity, songs such as Hunting Ground, Mosquito, Let The Rain Come, Ivory Shakes and Butterfly collude in their very nature to make sure that the listener is feeling the sense of deep down and dirty but also songs that capture the smile, the fist clench and the hard prosperity to be found.

Hull’s finest might still be a band that lit up the charts over thirty years ago, yet The Black Delta Movement will soon testify to the rampage, to the sense of belonging in which they generate good feeling and the upholding of the conservation of conversation they deserve.

Should we preserve everything, should we see it as a price for maintaining a standard or a belief, Preservation is an answer that comes forth in spades from The Black Delta Movement.

Ian D. Hall