Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
It is the song of the eternal optimist, and in this world that we seek solace in, sometimes it is the only words of comfort that we dare believe in, that we ever think will keep us warm. When Hell threatens to freeze over, when the Sun in all its glory, dims, hides in the shadows and blames the path of the moon for the eclipse of rational thinking available; Love Will Keep Us Together is the cry of old, of hope and of the possible future to which we cling to, that when all else fails, love is the measure in which our souls are tested.
Written by Rod Bennett and Craig Carlstrom, Orbis Max’s Love Will Keep Us Together is a beautiful lullaby wrapped in the enigma of the once Californian dream, but one that hits the nerve of the now and the subtly of memory to which understands all that has gone before, and which can now rip the world asunder.
A dream of love, of heartbreak, of illusion and sometimes the unforgiving passion, the sound of regret, of pathos and memory, it is the antidote to the highly strung and often inconsequential; it is in the same mould as realising your dream of seeing the country of your dreams and realising that for all the glitter you may imagined, the outstanding sights and historical sites, it is the deep down beauty of the people you meet, of the tales and trials they have lived and the good times in which you shared for a while.
Love Will Keep Us Together, in the modern age perhaps the most difficult of arrangements to placate and keep, the sound of many distractions and difficulties always baring the sharp teeth and growling bellies of the hungry wolf are ready pursuers in the name of sabotaging a love in any form. Yet, Orbis Max hold that wolf tight, they squeeze it to the point of submission and whilst the act of pathos looms large, they refuse to see the wolf rip their world apart, the teeth clamped together, the jaw muzzled and the song resounding in the ears of the disaffected beast, soothing, a lullaby of peace.
Love Will Keep Us Together, because nothing else in this world will, we must strive to hear the words of true affection, even in the melancholy, even in the hubris, for love is what annoys those without feeling and truth.
Ian D. Hall